There was an article on the radio yesterday discussing why there aren’t many women artists, and of course I pricked my ears up when it came on. Expecting them to say the obvious (to me) answer. They talked about women artists not being taken seriously by men, and there not being many women artists exhibiting […]
I have learnt over the years that there are various ways of handing over a commission for a client. Usually, the client has seen the image via email and has given their agreement that it is finished and that they are delighted with it. Then, after the final payment has been made there is a handing […]
I’ve just taken ten of my best current paintings, including this one “Poppy appeal”, to be hung in a prominent position at the biggest exhibition outside of London, saying hi to the two women who run it as I passed by them, paperwork in hand as they point out hanging places to new faces who don’t […]
I’ve found it! The thing I’ve been looking for for the last three weeks. After a long search digging deep inside myself I have found it! The problem was finding the thing that I want to paint, the thing that will inspire me, and others too. My Unique Selling Point. Because I didn’t want it […]
MMm….. this week I had planned on picking up a paint brush, a very important paintbrush. But so far I haven’t done. And the reason? Mmm… well this is the problem, the reason, is because I want to look at all angles of what I am considering before starting painting. I know what I had […]
The blank canvas arrived yesterday. But it held no interest for me. This blank canvas that I’ve been eagerly awaiting for the last week or more, this new exciting idea that I want to put on it had to ……..wait. Because I wasn’t well. I was the day before, but not the day itself. It certainly […]
This week I’ve been painting a picture that has all the things in it that “make” a picture for me. Its a working painting whilst I am awaiting the canvas I’ve ordered for it to arrive. As soon as its arrived I can start the painting proper, and make it even better than the working […]
I’ve spent a lot of this week thinking. Thinking and planning. Thinking, planning, and reading. Thinking, planning, reading and analysing. Thinking, planning, reading, analysing, and painting. The painting part only happened today. But because of the thinking, all that thinking, and planning, and reading and analysing, is going well. Its going the right way. And […]
