At the weekend I saw the young woman who bought a painting from me a couple of months ago… ”Realm of the fire bellied water baboon’ She had seen that I had finished the latest painting of that ilk ‘Underwater realm of the fire vicuna’. She told me that she felt that the two pictures […]
The woman who commissioned me to paint the three erotic paintings came to collect them last Friday in a howling gale. She arrived with a beautiful house plant for me, which I thought was very kind and considerate of her. It was the first time we had met, so obviously the first time she had […]
For the last eight months since last June the artwork jobs have flowed in on a nice steady stream, from one to the next which is how I like it. Giving me time to focus on one job fully before the next one carried me on with its creative momentum. I’ve drawn pen and ink drawings […]
A couple of weeks ago I had a follow on email from a woman that related to a previous email from someone else some time ago who I have previously done some work for (are you keeping up with this?) asking if I could do some specific artwork for a client. The question was basically a question […]
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 […]
The watercolour finished, viewed from every which way I could think of, tweaked and adjusted so that I was happy with it, I rang the client to say it was completed. We agreed a date and time for him to come and collect it and I got on with the next painting on my to […]
I worked hard on it yesterday, music blasting out to encourage me, as a last flourish after all the weeks of work I’ve already put into it, and I’ve done as much as I can of the Royal Crescent at Bath. I feel that it is finished. I’ve read through the two full pages of notes that I […]
I don’t like to rush the design stage of a painting. Having said that by the time its come to me, its quite easy to sketch some ideas out to see how they work, and then adjust the colours or tones accordingly to make the painting better in as many ways that I can. But […]
I know people have busy lives. I know that people aren’t always able to keep the appointments they make for various reasons. So when a client rings me within half an hour of the time they are due at my house to say they can’t keep the appointment they made but will re-schedule the meeting […]
