Whereas an exhibition is my “best guess” at what I think someone, somewhere might like and might want to buy, I much prefer commissions where someone TELLS me what they want and how they want it, the medium, the size, the subject matter, the composition, the colours, the style, and I ask enough questions that […]
Well as far as the exhibition went I could say that it wasn’t much of a success, in that I didn’t sell a painting and overall the whole exhibition didn’t sell alot. But the lack of sales was perhaps to be expected because people are tightening their belts due to the cost of everything going […]
Well, its here again, one of the local exhibitions I get involved in. That time, when I chose my ten paintings, trying to pick the best ones that I think will sell, that will look good as a collection, that will appeal to the buying public. And I wrap them up carefully, write out the […]
Well I learnt a bit over the weekend! Most of it of an arty erotic nature, so that kept me a happy bunny…… Yesterday I went to the Guild of Erotic Artists “Event day” to mingle with my fellow artists and get to know the people there, and for them to get to know me. […]
How do you rate a success? How do you decide whether something has gone right? Mmm… not always by the end result, but sometimes by the journey itself, I think. And that is how I view the most recent painting I’ve done of Hornymaleuk and my female model. The event was a success, the creative […]
I’ve been working on my latest dog portrait commission this week and am slightly annoyed that I’ve had to re-start the painting again as the original paper I started with buckled when I was less than a third of the way through the painting. If I’d carried on it might have got worse, it may […]
I saw my mate Lucy Felthouse, the erotic writer last night. Isn’t it funny how a job description can be seductive? Mmm….. I like having a friend who’s an erotic writer, probably as much as some of my friends enjoy introducing me as their friend “the erotic artist” and waiting for the various reactions!!!! It’s […]