Tag Archives: painting

making images with paint

dribbling

dribbles 1

dribbles 1

dribbles 2

dribbles 2

My daughter thinks that dribbles in paintings are lazy

Some people think dribbles are simply gross

I think that dribbles are part of an organic, unpredictable way of making abstract work

I find dribbles in the work that I make, inspired by the rain and the clouds and the wetlands of rural Ireland, are appropriate

But what do you think?

And heres a famous ‘dribbler’:

Joan Mitchell

http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DbEZDRBR2-NU%26feature%3Dshare&a=HKgEdW7bNAFzRfs5N1mYsQ

 

october musings

october musings

new work in my studio started today
2 canvases80cm square
oil and siccative, turpentine, masking tape (later removed)
and spray paint

the yellow spray can misbehave and went everywhere
met a fellow artist in Lidl later on, sent off reprimanded to buy a mask with a charcoal. filter
managed to find the right sort of mask in an auto body spray workshop (duh!)

also bought a pack of cool blue disposable rubber gloves, as spray paint is very hard to get off my hands!

looking back at myself : an early starter

a self portrait of me age 5, made on a droid doodle package on my tablet

a self portrait of me age 5, made on a droid doodle package on my tablet

 

the painting from 61 slightly edited for colour saturation so you can see it

the painting from 61
slightly edited for colour saturation so you can see it

a tiny portrait of me, made when I was 5 poster paints on paper

a tiny portrait of me, made when I was 5
poster paints on paper