Yesterday whilst having a cup of tea with my ex- husband he showed me a painting that his soon to be new wife had purchased, and asked me what I thought of it. I recognised it instantly as a place I’d been too in Venice and admired it for its simplistic form, and massive frame. […]
I’ve been exhibiting at the large Dame Catherine Harpur School exhibition at Ticknall in South Derbyshire for 12 years now, and love it for the standard of work, the amazing choice and diversity of the artwork there, and of course always seeing artist friends during it, and having a happy relaxed day out. The fact that the sun shone there […]
As I promised in my last blog post I’ll now show you my finished abstract painting of Time. It’s painted in acrylics on a large block canvas measuring 31 x 24 inches and although it isn’t shown here the painting extends down the sides of the canvas, and the wax part is thicker in flowing texture, […]
The workshop that I attended some months ago was an interesting one for me, in that we were taught about painting abstract concepts as an abstract image. I’ve done enough abstract art to know that I like it, and like the way it opens my mind up (the Fantasy Fannies paintings being my favourite set of […]
Having the joys of a summer cold over the last couple of days I’ve not felt like doing much painting. You can’t paint when you’re not fully on form. So, I’ve being doing other things in the meantime, mostly computer related. I don’t know how it started, but yesterday when I went into the kitchen to make […]
I have been in love from the first time I set eyes on it, quite a number of years ago, and although its a place, and not a person, I feel that same love and affection for it as if it was. There aren’t many places I am in love with, but this one is top […]
Its been a difficult weekend, mostly due to feeling a sense of ineffectualness to help someone who is going through a tough time. There is nothing I can do except offer moral support to ease the burden. But that brings with it a pent up energy that I don’t know what to do with, and […]
Sometimes its nice to play with light and shade, exploring shapes and negative shapes, and this painting is one of those. I wanted to capture the way that lily pads on a pond catch the late afternoon low sunlight, and float on the surface of dark waters below, so I masked off the areas that I wanted […]
