Gallery                                      Don Lavelle paintings
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Various

figure paintings
If you wish to purchase or commission any figure paintings contact Don Lavelle

ribbon dance
vera
"Ribbon Dance: Impromtu" watercolour painting 53cm by 37cm on heavyweight paper. (ref. 1186)

Don Lavelle employed a multi-layer lithographic type of technique relying on both artistic and technical skills to create this colourful image.
"Vera In A Milk Maid Dress" 10cm by 15cm watercolour. Private collection.

A figure study overlaid on to a semi-abstract background.
girl with geese with mummy
"I'll See You at Noon: The Goose Girl".
This 29 by 37 cm painting was created in watercolour on Saunders heavyweight paper. Private collection.

A serene landscape with a goose girl looking out for her lover to arrive.  The artist employed a full range of watercolour techniques and the whites are pure paper colour. The model was posed and photographed for the painting.
"With Mummy" 22cm by 16cm watercolour.

Painted from imagination with several photographic sources for accurate detail.
the visitor
milkmaid
"The Visitor" a 33cm by 31cm acrylic painting.

This was painted in a watercolout manner evoking the old side street atmosphere of Venice where the artist spent several weeks sketching and painting.
"The Milkmaid".
Oil painting
Size 22 by 27 cm. (ref. 946)

A little gem of an attractive Victorian girl carrying pails of milk. This was painted over several months using wash, glaze, wipe and direct techniques. Apparently, eight photographic negatives were used as source materials. 

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