DANNY MCSHANE

First, some housekeeping- I'm Danny McShane and there's at least one other Scottish painter called Dan McShane -he's at danmcshaneart.com. There's also a film-maker and photographer who runs dannymcshane.com. That's why my website is livingwatercolour.com rather than my name. My Instagram and Facebook are dannymcshane365 (link buttons above).

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I'm a self-taught watercolour painter having been a subsea engineer for most of my working life. Now I find myself painting, or thinking about it, most days. I live in Fyvie in rural Aberdeenshire with my wife, Jan.

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When I discovered watercolour a few years ago I was frankly astonished by it. Hundreds of paintings later that sense of surprise hasn't worn off and I'm learning more about this magical medium with every painting.

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My favourite style is a fresh realist-impressionism that shows off light and colour and lends itself to the rush of painting outdoors while managing to look relaxed and happy about it. I like those paintings best that have a lively spontaneity, that look happy to be paintings rather than wanting to be photographs. The charm for me is  in the look of watercolour pigment on paper, the visible brushstrokes, and the human touch. You can see how the simple marks suggest just enough information to build into surfaces and objects. and make a whole  scene.  I also think watercolour does happy better than any other medium and even in the process there's a joie de vivre I hope comes across in the finished work . My paintings are intended to be cheering - I enjoy painting them and being in these interesting places -so If looking at a painting can raise your spirits a little  then the exercise has been doubly worthwhile. That's my whole theory of art.

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Feel free to drop me a line, at dannymcshane@gmail.com, with any enquiries or just to say hello or if you'd like to meet up to paint.
Click here for info about sales & commissions.

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Danny.