Oil Paintings
By Paul HollingsworthCollections of Oil Paintings by Paul Hollingsworth
![B148-Lascaux-with-megaloceros-and-bison-canvas-50x70cm-Hollingsworth-Paul-May-2018 B148-Lascaux-with-megaloceros-and-bison-canvas-50x70cm-Hollingsworth-Paul-May-2018](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.hollingsworthpaul.com/wp-content/gallery/geological-series/cache/B148-Lascaux-with-megaloceros-and-bison-canvas-50x70cm-Hollingsworth-Paul-May-2018.jpg-nggid0264-ngg0dyn-240x160x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg?media=1707129584)
A series of paintings on the theme of air, water, soil, rock and vegetation. I worked for 50 years as a civil engineer and was always acutely aware of the implications of the soil and rock condition within or upon which my construction was based.
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This group of paintings are representation of thought rather than observed objects. The application of paint is in relatively large colourfields which demands a large canvas over which to operate.
![B4-Avond-in-Vlaanderen-canvas-70x50cm-Hollingsworth-Paul-July-2017-SOLD B4-Avond-in-Vlaanderen-canvas-70x50cm-Hollingsworth-Paul-July-2017-SOLD](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.hollingsworthpaul.com/wp-content/gallery/sunrises-and-sunsets/cache/B4-Avond-in-Vlaanderen-canvas-70x50cm-Hollingsworth-Paul-July-2017-SOLD.jpg-nggid0282-ngg0dyn-240x160x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg?media=1707129584)
Sunrises, sunsets, seas and skies are ideal subjects for a painter who prefers the more abstract subjects. This gallery comprises predominantly small paintings created with small, broken taches of paint. Others are achieved with glazing - translucent layers over more opaque under-painting.
![B52 Divine Perspective 30x40cm Hollingsworth Paul B52 Divine Perspective 30x40cm Hollingsworth Paul](https://usercontent.one/wp/www.hollingsworthpaul.com/wp-content/gallery/abstract/cache/B52-Divine-Perspective-30x40cm-HollingsworthPaul.jpg-nggid012-ngg0dyn-240x160x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg?media=1707129584)
Small abstract oil paintings by Paul Hollingsworth including his breakthrough painting De Vesting van La Roche-en-Ardenne.