|
Written by john scarland
|
|
Friday, 09 December 2011 19:57 |
Thinking aloud
I call this piece 'hotel' or away from home
away from myself
amid silent expectations
|
|
Last Updated on Friday, 09 December 2011 20:19 |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Finding a hot beach in the winter |
 |
 |
 |
|
Written by john scarland
|
|
Tuesday, 06 December 2011 21:46 |
Finding a hot beach in the winter.
This picture is is warm to the touch! It is a theme I have worked on before, and as the weather turned cold I felt the need for some hot colours.
Assembled from figure drawings made while in Spain (see below) they take on the 'wall of figures' type of compositi [ … ] |
|
Last Updated on Tuesday, 06 December 2011 22:13 |
|
Written by john scarland
|
|
Thursday, 01 December 2011 18:57 |
 The ancient halls in the British Museum
I love the British Museum. Filled with visual wonders from all time and all places, beautifully presented for all to see. Free.
This tiny Ivory relief has that figure composition that was common from 500 - 1500AD and a composition I use and need to study mor [ … ] |
|
|
Written by john scarland
|
|
Saturday, 03 December 2011 17:41 |
 Couple on Yellow
Today (Saturday) I have worked on two paintings, this one in the afternoon. I like to clean the palette between pictures to keep the pictures fresh, old colour can influence me and taint the new colours - at least I find it so and that is how I work.
I favour a bold approach in or [ … ] |
|
Written by john scarland
|
|
Monday, 28 November 2011 22:00 |
 Self awareness
This painting has just been sold, it has found its place to be.
It harks back to the early days when I sought to describe the sense or feeling of being alive. The unconscious gyroscopic ability to remain upright without apparently thinking, of seeing, respriation and the mental reco [ … ] |
|
Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 07:19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Page 7 of 22 |
