Works in progress
' October Sky' - Unfinished - Oil on canvas - 2020 ' Harbour 2'- Unfinished - Oil on canvas - 2020 ' Dune' - Unfinished - Oil on canvas - 2020 ' Coast' - Unfinished - Oil on canvas - 2020
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Printing
' The Sound of 3 a.m, Ochre,Blue'- Linocut on Fabriano paper - 2020 I did not do any printing during my Fine Art degree, well I did but only a morning. I decided at the time that it was not for me as there was lots of cleaning up involved, something I am not naturally drawn to. I took it up earlier in the year and although I have got used to the cleaning up element of it there are parts of the process that I still resist. Hats off to people who can do print runs of 50 but I just cannot do it and get bored after about 2 and the only thing I would learn about doing large editions is that I am not good with craft based boredom. And so variations are what I do, not a better method but one that suits me. 'The Sound of 3 a.m, variation 1' - Linocut on Fabriano paper - 2020 These works, ' The Sound of 3 a.m', is based on an ink drawing I did earlier on in the year. A freehand drawing, it's meandering, speculative and sea...
Latest work, complete and in progress
Drawing for linocut ' The Sound of 3a.m' First colour printed for ' The Sound of 3a.m' Quick ink drawing from today's walk 'Early Summer, England 2' - Oil on canvas - 2020
Today's work
A couple of hours work this afternoon. 'Blue Barn' is a painting based on a drawing made at Tunstall, near Wolsingham. The second work is from a life drawing 'Figure 2' . Neither work is finished. ' Blue Barn' - Unfinished ' Figure 2' - Unfinished
Forgotten blog
I have not used this blog for a while, so how long I continue to use it is uncertain but here goes. The morning spent finishing the painting 'Oranges, Gull and 3 appropriately arranged pears' which will be up for sale in a few days as orange takes a little while to dry. The afternoon was spent doing a rough and quick life drawing elements of which I will keep for a further more refined rendition, I may also use the negative image of the drawing for a possible screen or cyanotype series of prints. ' Oranges, Gull and 3 Appropriately Arranged Pears'- 2020 Detail of above ' Figure 2' initial drawing Negative of above