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Saturday, 28 January 2012 21:36 |
Some time ago I made a wooden piece called Torso, inspired by some earlier drawings that persisted in my thinking. Encouraged by a gouache study of the figures I ventured on an oil painting around 1.2M high.
Now following the demise (sorry, destruct [ … ] |
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Written by john scarland
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Saturday, 28 January 2012 21:11 |
Not surprisingly, the creative path for a pictures is often far from straight and on occasions ends abruptly without warning. Such was the case for the badly conceived and badly named 'Tranquility' which after serious doubts and a violent attempt at a re-working, has now been scrubbed back with turp [ … ]
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Last Updated on Sunday, 29 January 2012 14:52 |
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 07:54 |
The room dedicated to Prints and Drawings in the British Museum is an old haunt of mine. Always quiet, free of queues and razzmatazz. Always full of amazing things, things in displays furnished with a shelf in front on which to place a sketch book - such a grown up place.
This drawing was made ther [ … ] |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 January 2012 08:31 |
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Written by john scarland
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 15:49 |
How to paint is a great mystery.
How rough can it be? There is a beautiful rough, a sort of lightness that is very pleasing. Looking back to earlier blogs that reference this piece, I see I spoke about 'transcribing the energy of the drawing' which probably what has happened as I try to combine anc [ … ] |
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Saturday, 21 January 2012 20:41 |
Evening
That's it, this picture has engaged me for quite a while. I have taken it to a point where I can bear it - its power and subtlety are tuned as far as I can manage.
Like any offspring - I can only only release it and let it make its own way in the world.
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