this was the repeat refrain on a 10 day meditation retreat I did a couple of years ago in Nepal
applies in all walks of life!
3 paintings in my studio this morning, stuck, frustrated, unresolved
so ‘start again’!
2 new canvases, 80cm square
3 layers, wet on wet, of contrasting colours, oil and cold wax medium
then some different powder pigments
I’ll go back to them later today or tomorrow, when they are drier but still tacky, and work ovee with a roller
and then start again
2 dogs 2 walks 2 beaches a rainbow 10 panels and a sunset, need more? I don’t think so
coming accross a facebook profile pic taken about 12 years ago gave me the idea to do a bit of a nostalgic trawl
here is that pic:
and here are some paintings from a few years ago ( not 12 years ago as I havent got photos of most of them, but starting from about 7 yrs back)
And me again in spray painting mood!
And last summer, the wrinkles are setting in, but who cares, life is good
And now a granny in my corner!
And when it started
Thanks everyone for following my journey
strange deserted beach out on the island
felt like a ghost town, just waiting for tumbleweeed
fantastic textures
lichen, shrubs, herbs, bark
a rich deposit to mine
so of course more paintings brewing
A wonderful walk along by the saltpans out to Quatro Aguas today
Fantastic waders, godwits, egrets, spoonbills strutting about and dabbling in the shallow waters
Watched the dinghy class by the harbour
AND at last got some work done!
Couldn’t resist going back into the studio for a bit more tinkering with the 2 stones panels
But the light wasn’t really good enough
Having a battle between realising the clear shapes or having the shapes suggest themselves as they loom out of the murk
So they keep coming and going away again
details :
and the small panels for Portugal are yellow now
donegallizdoyle 