I always find it interesting to see who is into art, and who isn’t, and sometimes the people you expect to be into it, aren’t. I watched “Grand designs” last night on the telly, and was astounded that a brand new house built by an architect had no pictures on the walls of any of the […]
Being a creature who loves fresh air all through the year, I decided when I got to a natural break earlier on this afternoon that I would go for a short walk to stretch my legs, took one look at the mizzlingly depressing weather with the rain battering against the windows and decided it would be far more sensible to stay […]
Some years ago I did a blog post about what colour I “feel” and the same stands today of the colour I feel inside of me – its gold. I may have hints of other colours mingling into my base colour depending on my mood but its always the same colour I feel I am. But […]
My sixteen year old nephew has come to stay with me for a few days, along with his male friend, and I’m enjoying having two teenagers in the house (yes, really, I do mean it). Its the first time they’ve been to see my new house and it was described as “Well lush” which seems to give […]
They’ve gone. And to a very good home, where they certainly belong. But I still had a slightly sad moment when the dog pictures were collected this week. Only a bit sad though, not a gut-wrenching depression over it, you understand! I always get slightly emotionally attached to my artwork, even when I’m only creating […]
Whilst painting dj kirkbys erotic landscape I’ve been thinking about the use of light and dark in a painting. For me, a painting is far more interesting if it has deep darks and bright lights. But sometimes that can detract from the subject matter, and the painting just becomes a study in sunshine and shadows, […]
Before I say what I am….I can say with absolute certainty what colours I am not. I’m not bottle green, anything grey, brown or beige. I’m definitely not magnolia, cream, baby blue, pale pink (or any other shade of pink), lemon yellow or mint green. Infact I’m no pale colour whatsoever. I could never be […]
