Michael Toole Fineart
Sorry I have not posted any new paintings for three years. Here is the reason below;
On 2 August 2022 I had a major bleed at the base of my brain. It left me fighting for my life. I did come round, but it left me with no use on my right side. my right leg, right arm and hand. After a month in hospital laid on my back, I started to move the thumb on my right hand. In two months I could get out of bed and sit in the chair by the side of the bed with the help of one person. So they let me go home. I can now walk with a stick and can move my arm and hand. I can not walk far and my hand and arm I have about 50% movement. Seeing I am right handed meant I would never paint again. So I thought about painting and taking it back to it's base line. colour next to colour, paint on a flat surface, light and dark etc. etc. I also found a lefthanded painter on you tube I watched and studied. So today I am a lefthanded painter. I cannot hold a paint brush and be dexterous to a good level of painting. So today I use other methods of applying paint on the canvas. I thank you for reading this and please enjoy my lefthanded paintings below and after this date.
I now think differently, because of above. Which I would like to evoke in which you see my art. When you look at my art. I would like to bring back memories of being with family or friends, like a song you hear takes you back to last weekend, last year or 10 years ago. Please enjoy my art. If you buy, you will get an original piece of art, with signed certificate of origin. I do not do copies or repro's. I ALSO DO NOT DO NFT
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING BELOW YOU LIKE BUT IS NOT IN THE CORRECT COLOUR, SIZE ETC. PLEASE CONTACT ME I CAN DO COMMISIONS.
"DOWN TO THE SEA"
OIL ON BOX CANVAS
SIZE 50 x 50 x 4 cm
MOST OF US REMEMBER ON GOING THROUGH THE SAND DUNES DOWN TO THE
SEA WITH OUR FAMILY OR FRIENDS. FULL OF EXCITEMENT AND ANTICIPATION OF THE DAY AHEAD.
ALL PAINTINGS COME WITH A SIGNED CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN.
PRICE £225 + P&P
"BEGINNING OF A PERFECT STORM"
THIS PAINTING AGAIN BEEN DONE BY PUTTING LAYER UPON LAYER OF OIL PAINT, TO BUILD UP THE VISUAL DEPTH.
OIL ON CANVAS BOARD 20 X 16 INCH.
MOUNTED IN A BLACK FRAME.
OTHER FRAMES AVAILABLE AT COST.
SINCE THE BLEED ON MY BRAIN I THINK DIFFERENTLY THAN BEFORE. THIS PAINTING REFLECTS THIS. THIS PAINTING IS NOT ONLY VISUALLY PLEASING BUT ALSO HAS A DEEPER MEANING. IF YOU PURCHASE THIS, I WILL INFORM YOU OF THAT.
PRICE £270 PLUS P&P
"INCOMING TIDE"
OIL ON CANVAS BOARD 20X16 INS. IN BLACK FRAME.
THIS PAINTING WAS INSPIRED BY AN AUSTRALIAN ARTIST RICHARD MUSGRAVE_EVANS WELL WORTH A WATCH ON YOU TUBE. HE IS A LEFT HANDED PAINTER WHICH HELP ME START PAINTING USING MY LEFT HAND BY WATCHING HIM. THANK YOU RICHARD.
THE SEA IS ONE OF MY LOVES. JUST WATCHING THE WAVES CRASHING AGAINST THE ROCKS OR ROLL IN ON THE BEACH. WATCHING THE WAVES BUILD HIGH WITH AN OFF SHORE WIND WITH WHITE HORSES ON TOP. ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS WAS JUST TO SIT ON MY BOARD BEHIND THE SURF AND LOOK DOWN AND SEE THE REEF SHARKS SWIMING AROUND. I HOPE THIS PAINTING GIVES YOU MEMORIES.
PRICE £230 PLUS P&P
"LIGHT THROUGH THE TREES"
This painting is made up from layers and layers of oil paint. giving the depth in the painting you look into.
OIL ON BOARD 20 X 16 INS. PLUS FRAME. THE FRAME IS BLACK WHICH HELPS SHOW THE PAINTING OFF .
YOU CAN CHANGE THE FRAME AT EXTRA COST
REMEMBER WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS WITH THE BIRDS SINGING, THE SMELL OF THE WOODS AND FLOWERS. MAYBE A SMALL STREAM OR RIVER, ADDING TO THE CALMING SOUND OF RUNNING WATER.
PRICE £240 PLUS P&P
"TYNESIDE PRIORY"
NORTHUMBERLAND
OIL ON CANVAS BOARD 20 X 16 INCH PLUS BLACK FRAME. YOU CAN CHANGE FRAME AT EXTRA COST.
TYNESIDE WITH BEAUTIFUL BEACHES, CAFES. WEEKENDS SAT & SUN CRAFT MARKET. WITH A LOT OF MY ARTIST FRIENDS, IN THE TRAIN STATION.
PRICE £180 PLUS P& P
"EVENING LIGHT"
ST MARY'S LIGHTHOUSE. NORTHUMBERLAND.
OIL ON CANVAS BOARD IN BLACK FRAME. OTHER FRAMES AT EXTRA COST.
LOVELY WALKS AROUND HERE AND LOTS OF ROCK POOLS FOR THE KIDS.
PRICE £160 PLUS P&P
"FIRST LIGHT"
HOLY ISLAND NORTHUMBERLAND
OIL ON CANVAS BOARD 20 X 16 INCH. IN BLACK FRAME. OTHER FRAMES AT EXTRA COST.
I HAVE BEEN HERE WHEN THE LIGHT HAS BEEN MAGICAL. I HAVE BEEN THERE WHEN THERE WAS TWO RAINBOWS OUT AT SEA. THE GRASSY BANKS ARE COVERED IN WILD FLOWERS.
PRICE £220 PLUS P&P
"STORM DUNSTANBURGH CASTLE"
NORTHUMBERLAND
OIL ON CANVAS BOARD 20 X 16 INCH. IN BLACK FRAME. OTHER FRAMES AT EXTRA COST.
WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF REALLY BAD STORMS HERE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. THEY HAVE WASHED THE BEACHES AWAY. BUT NATURE IS WONDERFUL AND THE BEACH IS BACK TO NORMAL NOW.
PRICE £220 PLUS P&P
"AUTUMN LIGHT"
OIL ON CANVAS BOARD 20 X 16 INCH.
MOUNTED IN BLACK FRAME.
OTHER FRAMES AVAILABLE AT COST.
WALKING IN AN AREA WHICH HAD BEEN HARVESTED FOR THE SPRUCE TREES.
WITH THE BRANCHES BEING TRIMMED AND LEFT ON THE GROUND AND IN A SMALL STREAM.
BUT WITH THE LOW AUTUMN LIGHT SHINNING THROUGH, GAVE A MYSTICAL GLOW. DISPITE THE
DEVASTATION NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE PLANTED
WITH NEW GROWTH.
PRICE £230 PLUS P&P
"REFECTIONS ON THE LILLY POND"
OIL ON CANVAS BOARD 20 X 16 INCH.
MOUNTED IN BLACK FRAME.
OTHER FRAMES AVAILABLE AT COST.
WHERE I LIVE IN NORTHUMBERLAND THERE IS
A LOT OF LAKES WITH LILY PONDS. THIS PAINTING
IS TAKEN FROM THE INSPIRATION FROM THEM.
PRICE £180 PLUS P&P
"ORANGE GLOW"
OIL ON BOX CANVAS SIZE 76w x 50h x 4d cm
SO NO FRAME.
THIS IS A NICE LARGER PAINTING OF A SEASCAPE. WITH THE MORNING SUN BREAKING THROUGH THE CLOUDS, GIVING A ORANGE GLOW REFLECTING ON THE ROCKS OF THE ROCK POOLS.
PRICE £220 PLUS P&P
"Dawn at the lake"
Oil on canvas Large 80 x 64 cm.
Again building lays and lays of oil paint.
Comes mounted in white frame, which I think shows this painting off to it's best. There are plenty of lakes in Northumberland. All with trees down to the waters edge and water lilies. Beautiful place just to sit to listen & look.
Price £240 PLUS P&P.
THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT MY COLLECTION