I hadn’t expected when I started the sea goddess painting that it would take so long to finish it. Part of the delay has been down to the cat bite incident that meant I couldn’t paint and had to rest my hand. Since then I’ve looked and re-looked at the painting and until I could […]
I knew after painting the tree goddess a couple of months ago that I wanted to paint another goddess painting… and the obvious one was water, since I love its complexity and the challenge of painting it. Another goddess of the divine feminine,,, I finished the painting this week, and love the way that she […]
After the success of the ‘Tree goddess painting, (as shown here) to the degree that I painted it a second time for someone else, I’ve been thinking that I will do another goddess painting, but this one will be a ‘Water goddess’ painting. I love painting water, and I love painting beautiful women, so its […]
I’m really enjoying doing some paintings for me at the moment, as I know how much I’ve improved in my art in the last few years I wanted to paint things that bring me pleasure (knowing that I could sell prints of them if need be but having the original to look at on a […]
The man from ‘Frisco was keen, very keen. I knew he wanted me to draw him, when we met, I could feeeel it, within him. And on our second meeting, a year later, he was equally keen. But, he’s decided to wait, a bit longer, until he has the chance to bring someone else along. […]
Like wanting to hang on to the last stolen minutes with a lover, I don’t want to say goodbye. I want to stay, in the comfort of their presence, staring into their eyes, gaining comfort from their connection………. So it is with a form of sad regret that I have to say farewell, and walk away with […]
Wow, three years blogging! I remember the first blog post I did and wondering what to say, never thinking that I’d still be doing it three years later! I had the chance at the time to do a newsletter and chose to write a blog instead. I may start a newsletter at some point, though. […]
I’m almost there, and yet……….I’m hesitating……………..Why am I hesitating?Because I don’t want to spoil it. I want it to be ……rightI want it to be special. I keep looking at it to double check it’s alrightand it is, in placesBut I need to look againto see what else needs to be doneThe thinking is part […]
It’s good to know when you’re on the same wavelength as someone else. Particularly if they’ve commissioned a painting from you. Particularly when the subject matter is something as specific as Goddesses. Because just because I see them in a certain way, doesn’t mean the client does! So, I was happy to arrange a “work […]
The oil painting of the seven Goddesses is starting to pull together now and I’m delighted with some of the effects that I’m getting in it. I have a loose idea of how the picture will look but sometimes how it turns out even surprises me….. and I’m creating it!!!! I’m working from this watercolour […]
I was chatting with an artist friend and her boyfriend the other day about life, art, and creativity (as you do!). And it always surprises me to hear that other people struggle to be creative a lot of the time. It’s strange to hear because I know I am creative ALL of the time. The only thing stopping me creating […]
I fall into its arms like an old familiar loverI’ve missed it so.A few days away from it and my heart aches to touch it,to feel it again under my finger tips. It waits, in silence, slumbering but not asleep. Waiting, and longing, to be touched again. And I return, knowing it is calling me. […]
After sorting out whatever the problem was with the headless chicken, he came to see me for us to discuss the work I’ve done so far for the goddesses painting. He knew he’d asked for a complex painting, when he asked me to do the commission, but I hadn’t realised how complex it was until I started […]
Now I’ve done as much background research as I think is possible for each of the seven Goddesses, I feel that I’m ready to picture what they look like for my painting. For me, they are all beautiful, in the traditional sense of the word. But, how does EACH one look? I have hazy shapes and […]
Before I paint someone it helps to know a bit about them. Just so that I have a better understanding of the essence of that person, to be able to incorporate it into the portrait. I don’t need to know all the tiny details of the persona, just the bare facts will help. For anyone […]
