Coffee at The Madhouse

Douglas Hunt

Coffee at The Madhouse

watercolour 18” x 24” (46cm x 61 cm) on Arches cold press paper

Charlie Wilkins (Canadian author of a dozen books) sits with a coffee at The Madhouse (a restaurant in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada).

We met for the first time in many years, having been classmates and friends in high school in Cornwall Ontario in the sixties!
It was a great reunion in a great setting!

Coffee at The Madhouse belongs to the following groups:

1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , 60 and Beyond, Fine Arts and Realist Traditional Art Available for sale as

Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints and Framed Prints
Coffee at The Madhouse by Douglas Hunt
Coffee at The Madhouse by Douglas Hunt
  • Lora Garcelon

    Lora Garcelon

    This is a wonderful painting! I love the lighting, the lost edges in the figure, and the interest of the orange bottles. Wow!

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    Thanks, that’s what excited me about the subject; why I had to paint it!

  • Jim Phillips

    Jim Phillips

    This is one of your best Douglas, the highlights and shadows are right on the money. The details like the colored glass reflecting on the window ledge is perfect. Very, very well done. I hope your friend has seen this. I know he would be pleased.

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    Thanks for the compliments, Jim; no he hasn’t seen it yet!

  • Linda Callaghan

    Linda Callaghan

    at first I thought it was a photo….as it is an amazing watercolour. the detail, the moment, the shadows and subject are painted perfectly..wionderful watercolour

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    Thank you Linda. I always appreciate your comments.

  • Jim Phillips

    Jim Phillips

    How sweet you are with those wonderful comments. Thank you Linda.

  • Jim Phillips

    Jim Phillips

    Sorry Douglas, Linda had just make a comment on one of my works and I clicked on the wrong avatar and hit yours by mistake. Just ignor the above comment.

  • bevmorgan

    bevmorgan

    Very impressive piece of work, Douglas. The light and shadow is wonderful and the figure is so expertly rendered. I am in awe.

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    Thank you so much!

  • Brian Towers

    Brian Towers

    Perfect in every way Douglas. The tones, colours and especially the perspective make this an exceptional piece.

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    A very kind comment, Brian; thanks

  • Carolyn Bishop

    Carolyn Bishop

    A moment in time … excellent! Wow!

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    The setting was perfect for this portrait! thanks for your comment Carolyn

  • Fee Dickson

    Fee Dickson

    I very much like this. I’m not a big fan of potraiture normally, but the setting makes a huge difference – putting someone in a real place where it becomes a study of that person at a point in time rather than just the person. If that makes sense. Anyway, wonderful painting.

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    I appreciate your comment; as you can tell, I like the unvarnished “truth” in a painting!

  • tom burke

    tom burke

    outstanding,brings back old memories.

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    Thanks Tom. Tell me, where does one get 10,000 year old mammoth tusk?

  • tom burke

    tom burke

    Unfortunately its very expensive but legal to buy and use for scrimshaw, I got apiece from a dealer in washing state in 1998. It was 90% useable, 3 feet long about 10 inches in diameter.I sill have 60% left. thanks for asking. My website celtic scrimshaw.com goes into great detail.

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    amazing and fascinating!

  • Laura Lea Comeau

    Laura Lea Comeau

    I still cant believe this is a watercolour!! wonderful

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    Thanks, Laura Lea. Technically, I think you would call it “dry brush” because I didn’t really use a watercolour technique, except perhaps in the reflections of the bottles.

  • Laura Lea Comeau

    Laura Lea Comeau

    you still have monumental patience! thats why I cant do watercolours – no patience!

  • Hidemi Tada

    Hidemi Tada

    very realistic painting in watercolor.

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    Thank you, Hidemi

  • Lynda Robinson

    Lynda Robinson

    Beautiful work. You are such a fine watercolourist!

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    Thank you so much, Lynda

  • Colin Cartwright

    Colin Cartwright

    This is an astonishingly atmospheric and characterful watercolour. Superb detail and light.

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    Thanks for your delightful comment, Colin

  • doreen01

    doreen01

    Watercolor is a difficult technique but you do it perfectly!!!

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    thank you so much

  • sneha

    sneha

    outstanding!!
    no other word can describe this!!
    loved it!

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    thanks sneha

  • LorusMaver

    LorusMaver

    Outstanding ! great luminosity, really set by those lovely dark shadows. cracking composition great atmosphere. painted by a Master !

  • gra123

    gra123

    DON’T STOP PORTRAITING ! GRAHAM.

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    Thanks for the encouragement, Graham!

  • Cathy Amendola

    Cathy Amendola

    Lovely, I enjoy your work so much Douglas…..please keep it coming!
    Cathy

  • Douglas Hunt replied

    Thank you so much, Cathy

  • Robert Burton

    Robert Burton

    My personal favourite elements are the expression on his face and the highlight on the surface of the coffee. A very evocative piece.

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