I had great feedback on Twitter etc on a name for this work and thank you to all who contributed. In the end I went with Waiting, Wishing, Wanting, which I think sums up perfectly what this young woman is feeling. Thank you to the person who contributed this title, you know who you are! Which brings me to a quote from Edgar Degas : ‘Art is not what you see but what you make others see’. I hope this is how people see my work as a narrative figurative artist and why I moved away from straight portraiture. I am painting a story on which you, the viewer, can put your own interpretation. Art is of course subjective so I shall never please everyone! I am truly delighted to have been accepted onto the online exhibition called New Beginnings with Manhattan Art International. Please have a look at www.manhattanarts.com to see more. Sorry I can’t seem to copy the link across for some reason but it is definitely worth a look. I am also now showing my work with Clifton Fine Art in Bristol, so if you are in the area please do go in and have a look.…
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New Website and ‘The Result’ completed. 3 December 2015
I am very pleased and proud to tell you that my website is now live. Please do have a look and sign up for the Newsletter at the top of the Home page. I will be sending out quarterly Newsletters telling what I have been up to. Feel free to give me any feedback too. There will no doubt still be a bit more tweaking before I get it completely right, but I am indebted to my wonderful nephew for completely revamping my site, and yes, it did need it – big time. There are a couple of slight hiccups with iphones and ipads not getting the Line Art images, but we should be there in the next day or two, so please bear with me one more time. Henceforth, you will find my blog on the website as opposed to a separate link, which should be easier for everyone, including myself! So, to ‘The Result’ which is now completed. I have been adding glazes to the background wall to give more shade and bring out the light from underneath the lampshade. Glazes are great for adding depth gradually to a painting and I have done similar on the…
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Again, my sincere apologies that there is no image with this week’s Blog; a problem again with the new website being in transition. I am SO excited about the new site and am impatient to see it up and running. This piece ‘Liberation’ is about new beginnings for this woman, I think. Off comes the bra and into a new life for her, a strong and confident woman – does anyone else see this?! Would welcome any feedback. I have lost count of the times I have changed the background and flooring in this piece. I was determined not to use brown – why do I have a horror of that colour? – and tried various shades of blues, all of which just took over the picture too much. In the end I decided to go for black to show up and compliment the legs more. I mixed Ultramarine (Michael Harding paints are AMAZINGLY pure, so you use less of them) and Burnt Umber to get the desired shade. I find using just black paint is too matt, too deadening. By mixing these two colours I will be able to vary the depths of tone as I go along. I…
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