Very happy to be here
Got set up in my cosy attic eyrie
Shopped for basics next door at Andy and Adams
Taped a few bits (coarse jute and watercolour paper) to the freshly plastered gable end
Started with red and orange, then black, then blue, then a few marks – have to start somewhere!
Cooked a spinach and chickpea curry with brown rice
Feet up by the stove
Bliss
Rock n in the Sea #3
100cm x 160cm
This is as it stands today – sadly not the best photo – a bit grey!
100cm x 200cm
History of a painting
Photo collage
Painting is about 100 x 160 cm
On unstretched jute
In progress ‘rock in the sea 3’
100 x 200cm – as I left it just now
Stage 2 of rock on the sea 3
Stage 1 of rock in the sea 3 – marked out the rick in graphite stick and oil and cold wax medium ( before covering over completely – first in red then turquoise)
Blue: 100 x 160cm
Yellow: 100x 200cm
Phew! Back to 80cm sq for now
First 3 layers on this piece yesterday and today
And 2 layers so far on the one on the right
And some more work on one of the huge ones (200 x 120cm) It’s such an effort to manoeuvre these giants that sadly ‘go large’ can’t be a long term strategy
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
Today. 4th January 2016. 120 x 200cm
Yesterday
Day 3
Day 2
Stretched
With apologies to Bob Dylan for the title
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
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