Monthly Archives: January 2016
black bushel
Progress with the second huge 2m canvas after a grumpy day under a cloud of doubt yesterday. ‘Start again, start again. Start again’ 🙂
200 x 120cm
Rescue
Mess
Dribbles sideways
Dribbles
Base coat
I don’t know what I’m doin’ here
Today. 4th January 2016. 120 x 200cm
Yesterday
Day 3
Day 2
Stretched
With apologies to Bob Dylan for the title
can’t see the woods for trees
Richard Diebenkorn apparently aimed for ‘tension under the calm’
He also had a ‘rule’ on his wall that advised himself to ‘tolerate chaos’
In progress. 120cm x 200cm
‘Where am I going’ Oil and mixed media on jute – unstretched size 100cm x 160cm
‘Can you hear the wind’ Diptych 80 x 200cm
‘Winter trees’ 100cm sq
Go large for 2016
Restretching an old linen painting other way up
It’s huge! (120cm x 200cm – about 4′ x 6’6″)
Priming it with gesso on 2 easels in my studio
First few layers on New Years Day
A blue grey base coat. Then taped. Then turquoise above, 2 greens below. Some yellow powder pigment dusted over the bottom half. Random diagonal marks with the squeegee edge. Removed tape. More tomorrow.
Good start to 2016 🙂
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