I know that actors say “Never work with children and animals†but I never thought it would apply to my profession, that was, til now. This blog post is going to be a long one, cos there’s so much to tell you about. I have been exhibiting my paintings at Dame Catherine Harpur School in […]
Some people ask awkward questions, they’re brilliant at it. My spiritual healer friend has a knack of asking me deep and meaningful questions on subjects that I’ve never considered before, but I always enjoy the challenge of them since it makes me consider different ways of looking at things that I thought quite ordinary up til […]
I’ve just finished the erotic oil painting I’ve been working on this last month or so for a couple from Essex. And now ready to look towards the next art exhibition coming up this bank holiday weekend at Ticknall in South Derbyshire. I’ve had this sort of thing before, when I’m concentrating on one art […]
I knew today would be the day that I would (technically) finish the oil painting I’ve been working on. I say technically, because “all” I had to do was finish the background, a background that was to be hazy and soft with a mix of colours, the clients said. Ok, that’s easy enough to do. […]
Sitting in the sunshine with my fella at the weekend, having my second mug of tea of the day I contemplated the busy goings on around me. Watching the customized car show take over a venue that I know of as quiet and peaceful, was something of an assault on the senses. Car’s revving, music […]
For someone who had never picked up a pastel before she did very well. She’d watched the demo from close up and heard the teacher explain about the special type of card that they were using that day, because it had a slight tooth to it that would hold the pastel to it. The pastels were something she had never used […]
When you look at a face what do you see? You notice the eyes, the mouth, the nose, in that order, then the lesser features like the chin, cheek, hair, forehead, and all of that makes up the face. And each face is so individual, even though they all have the same features, noses can […]
The erotic oil painting that I’m currently working on is coming along nicely. I know that I am the sort of painter that “carves” a painting like a sculputre – in that I rough-hew it into a rough guide of colour and shape, then slowly carve more and more fine details into it, to create […]
