I am putting up two quotes by female artists this week as I feel they are both relevant to me and my work in a way. I have not exactly been terrified all my life as has Georgia O’Keefe, but I have certainly had to surmount numerous obstacles throughout my life to get me where I want to be now, being a full time artist painting every day and loving it. And Elaine De Kooning, well I know exactly where she is coming from; but I have been so lucky in discovering Twitter and building up a core of followers who like my work, give me good feedback and encourage me on and this has been a HUGE help in my moving forward. So thank you, thank you to all those on Twitter who follow me. You have no idea how much you have helped me! And by the way, I don’t think female artists are tougher as Georgia says, we all have very thin skins when it comes to our work… It is women who interest me, and whom I want to paint. I want to paint strong, independent women, happy in their own skin, just doing their own…
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The original photo has a Christmas tree in the background that I was going to leave out. However I then decided that it would add colour to what would be another monochromatic painting (apart from the fabulous red hair) and add balance to the composition so have left it in. The odd red bauble will also add interest I think. The Christmas tree also lent itself immediately to the title I have given this work. I am greatly indebted to Tom and Natalie Snow (@snowglobeman on Twitter) for the use of this photograph of Natalie. I hope I can do justice to her beauty. By the way, do have a look at Thomas’ wonderful sensual poetry, great talent there. I may yet change the colour of the dress as at the moment it is too similar to the sofa, but time will tell. The best part for me though is the fabulous red hair and I am really looking forward to getting down to all the detail and lights and darks that can be painted into such luminous hair. I will be sending out my first newsletter this month so please sign up at the top of my Home Page…
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‘Waiting, Wishing, Wanting’ completed. Happy New Year ! 1 Jan 2016
A very happy new year to you all and thank you for your support as I go along with my great passion, my art. I am very excited about 2016 artwise for me and will tell you more as I go along. This piece, ‘Waiting, Wishing, Wanting’ is now finished and available on the website. I have been making use of glazes to get the depth of tone that I wanted and think I have achieved the right effect. Having the light source coming from one side makes for a more interesting composition and I want to work more along these lines. My next work is going to be a redhead and I am very excited about this. I have wanted to paint a redhead for sometime and had someone in mind to model for me, but in the meantime, Thomas Snow (@snowglobeman) one of my great supporters on Twitter asked whether I would like to use his wife as a model who is….a redhead. As a result, he has sent me some wonderful images of his beautiful wife and I am very excited to be able to start a painting of her as my next work. Watch this space,…
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