Driftwood
the Driftwoods Gallery by Francois Gunning, features original paintings executed directly onto salvaged driftwood gathered principally on the Irish coast . The theme of each picture is dictated by the action of the ocean that has carved and reshaped each board, in what I perceive as helpful inspiration. When starting one of those pieces , I tend to feel that the image is given to me, relieving me of any decision making. I find this particularly enjoyable.
Sailboat sailing downwind painted on a piece of larch floorboard from a boat. Aprox. 400x400mm
SUNSET IN INSHBOFIN. Sunset painted on the garboard of a Bofin fishing boat Oil
BEACH. Oil
PORTRAIT Piece of plywood. Oil
BUCKET AND BALL. Child carrying his treasures. Casein and Tempera on plywood.
CUTTER. Mahogany centerboard Oil
CANDLELIGHT. Oil on driftwood
BEACH SAILING random driftwood. Oil
LIGHTHOUSE Boat sailing toward a lighthouse. Tempera/oil on phenolic floor.
CANNONS Mahogany planking from a clinker boat. the cannons are the boat's rivets. Oil
BEACH. The curve in the grain dictated the picture. Oil
BEACH SCENE Oil on softwood
BEACH SCENE acrylic/oil
MOORING Hardwood pitted by shellfish. oil
SUNSET Oil on hardwood
HEADING BACK. Fishing boat rolling in the swell. Oil on curragh planking