January, 2012
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 | 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 h... |
28-01-2012
Word count: 174
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 | 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... |
28-01-2012
Word count: 153
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 | 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 ... |
26-01-2012
Word count: 139
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 | 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 sh... |
25-01-2012
Word count: 245
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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 ... |
21-01-2012
Word count: 103
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 | Harmonic sounds
This painting was completed yesterday. It is satisfying to bring a piece to a state that I feel is conclusion. It has been slowly developed over a month or so from a neglected charcoal d... |
20-01-2012
Word count: 161
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 | A first stage detail from 'interior'
OK, its 9.16am. Ruth is making marmalade in the kitchen and I must scribble a few words about the day.
I am very aware of my need to engage with work a pattern, so ... |
18-01-2012
Word count: 234
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 | I am sometimes amazed by the past.
This charcoal of Isadora Duncan came with its owner to visit me on Saturday. There was mild concern about the surface of the charcoal as it seems to be peeling. It is ... |
14-01-2012
Word count: 187
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'Artists would paint better if their wrists were broken' Picasso
As I remember, that is what he said in the context of habitual dexterity. Growth and creativity are hampered by habit.
I have a damage... |
12-01-2012
Word count: 205
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New year decisions
Every few years I buy a roll of canvas, a roll of 50M is quite an investment! The first roll was cotton duck, bought a long time ago when I called into the old Russell and Chappel s... |
10-01-2012
Word count: 215
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