Me and Van Gogh this week so far
I am worn out. Deep in the bone tired of watching the walls in my space that are plain and clear of paintings. Just full of nails and tacks where paintings once hung or where they were supposed to hang. Downstairs I have a room with lots of arts supplies and...
My red period
Everyone has the blues. Mine have been so bad that I have begun to paint with red to get myself back on tract. The intense heat (90F) of the past few months, broken - and made worse - by occasional scattered showers has crippled me. Two fans going, upwards of 5 cold...
I own a jungle
Sunday, October 04, 2009 I own a jungle. Complete with lizards, spiders, millipedes and a garden snake, it surrounds my house as far as the eye can see, well at least as far as my eye can see. My jungle is barely five feet from my kitchen window. On windy days, it is...
VAN GOGH IN GRENADA
I am taking a leaf from Van Gogh, painting my life and the life around me, finding his works here at home. I don't think I shall achieve 900 works, but I hope to achieve 5{7be53c347edc93dd53d32315dd5e13accfceff0591d7e48b64940a69993424f5} at least. My pieces use his...
Cuba revisited
When I visited Havana in 2006 for the bienale, there was so much to see, and so little time. But always there was an air of expectation, of waiting to exhale, of waiting, just waiting.These small sketches were done on the move. I was in the back of a car, and fast...
March: My take on the Masters 5
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....
March: My take on the Masters 4
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 Of...
March: My take on the Masters 3
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...
March: My take on the Masters 2
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 Jack
March: My take on the Masters
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...