Blooming Huge Blue Glass Still Life: Day 4

Today was my first day of painting, as opposed to planning where to paint by putting marks on the canvas. I started off with two pure colours, which is very rare. I tend to have a selection for mixing, and

Still Death Life

I have a love-loathe relationship with the work of Cezanne. His use of colour and his careful placing of paint make his best works full of vitality and interest. His use of the picture plane like a modern Fourth Wall

Blooming Huge Blue Glass Still Life: Day 1a

Day 1 of a still life begins for me with an idea of what to paint. In this case, I had had the idea of a long fall of blue glass for some time. In fact, I have already completed

On Art and Ignorance IIII

To some, I will be flogging a dead horse. Some time back, @davidallengreen posted an article on Art and Exhibitions from which I took several points. I agreed with a large part of what he was saying, but it was

Drawing Inspiration: Window Dressing

The window of my show had two purposes. I wanted to display things to the outside, and I wanted to keep the area semi-private for the Private View itself. I had a screen and I decided to put my works

Drawing Inspiration: Designing the Show

I have not got a single style. Right now I produce paintings in many different ways, and most members of the public, unprepared, assumed that the gallery was showing the work of several people. The best hint that it was

Drawing Inspiration: Drawing to a Close

While Drawing Inspiration was on, I did not blog on the show itself, because it was featuring so largely in my mind. Here are a few snapshots of the set-up process, rather than a long description with loving close-ups. ‘I