Preparing for a rather large exhibition
Nine months ago I applied to hold a solo exhibition in an arts centre I admire. The Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable has a rather large gallery and a smaller one and
A Very Interesting Place
Almost exactly a year ago I wrote a post about the tricky business of knowing when a painting is finished. It was inspired by the quote, ‘A painting is never
Falling in love with Leaf!
Gold leaf, Copper leaf, Silver leaf, Variegated leaf – I am in love with them all. I never knew you could actually put metal leaf onto canvas.
It’s finished! ‘Every Emotion is of Equal Value’
My loyal readers may be thrilled to know that this is the last post about my painting ‘Every Emotion is of Equal Value’! It has been a long but ultimately fulfilling
Stage 4 – ‘Every Emotion is of Equal Value’
As I come to the end of working on ‘Every Emotion is of Equal Value’ I am realising that some emotions can be both ‘positive’ and ‘negative’. Here are two
Stage 3 – ‘Every Emotion is of Equal Value’
The adventure continues! Much to my surprise, it has proved significantly easier to paint the ‘negative’ than the ‘positive’ emotions in ‘Every Emotion is of Equal Value’.
Stage 2 of ‘Every Emotion is of Equal Value’
I have been working on my painting ‘Every Emotion is of Equal Value’ as described in my last post and, guess what, it is not proving that easy! Turns out painting
