So, from a box of tattered colour plates of paintings from old masters, a speed paint session led to 21 pieces, acrylics and pastels on paper. Apparently tight spaces on a tight deadline works for me. Hopefully the Old Masters are not rolling in their graves too much....
Kokoschka, Dresden-Neustadt IV – View From My StudioWilson, View On Cader Idbris – Grand EtangVuillard, Child At The Window – Child At The WindowRembrandt, The Slaughtered Ox – Led Like A Lamb To The SlaughterTurner, The Fifth Plague Of Egypt – Everyday Plague...
Blake, Solders Casting lots For Christ’s Garments – 3 Crosses And 2 Dice Dürer, The Virgin Adoring The Child – Throwin’ De Chile Wright Of Derby, Lighthouse On The Coast Of Tuscany – Lighthouse On Fort George Sutherland, The Crucifixion – Crucified Shortknee Goya, The...
Miro, Rope And People – Barb Wire, Mom, Dad, Me Velazquez, Bacchus – Shortknee At Play Yeats, The Scene Painter’s House – The Artist’s House After Ivan Watts, Choosing – Chosen Sickert, Jack Ashore – No Money? You ‘Ent Getting...
One afternoon in early March, I found a box with tattered magazines, containing colour plates of paintings from old masters, many of whom I had not previously been aware. I did a speed paint session, taking random plates as inspiration and adding my own twist. Each 6...
A diptych painted over a period of a week, Man Walking shows a person journeying a long way home, over hostile ground, carrying in his hand s small bunch of some sort of fruit. Separated, each canvas tells a different story.The smaller canvas has the back of a head or...
