Orme Art at the New Vic theatre

Posted on January 28, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged 2d art, Acrylic on canvas, Art, Drawing, Fine Art, Life, New Victoria Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Oils, Painting, StaffordshireLeave a comment

The one of art groups I am in, Orme art group, is having an exhibition on the theme of ‘Perspectives’. The show is at the New Victoria Theatre in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire. The exhibition starts on Monday 30th January 2023, and is on till the 25th of February. As the poster says, we are a diverse group, so it will be interesting to see what other people in the group are putting on display. After over a month of illness I’m really pleased to be involved with this. I’m looking forward to seeing it when it’s up. One of the group members is a volunteer at the theatre and its great to be able to show our work to a wider audience there.

Spode reflected view

Posted on January 28, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, chipped paint, Fine Art, Life, Painting, Spode, Spode Reflected, tidied up2 Comments

Also on the easle today, my Spode reflected painting. I was at the Orme Art Group earlier and I took the painting with me to tidy up for an exhibition at the New Victoria theatre in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire. It is due to be hung on Monday. The painting is from 2019 and had been knocked on the corners so I got my black paint out and covered over the white patches where paint had flaked off. I would like to have the picture framed but as it’s about 2 1/2ft by 3ft I can’t really afford it. It will be for sale at the exhibition.

Finished beach painting?

Posted on January 28, 2023January 28, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Beach, Blue, Commission, Fine Art, Painting, Sea, Small painting, YellowLeave a comment

I think this is done. It’s a beach and sea scene viewed from above. I decided to put some rocks in the bottom right corner, but do they look OK? This had Bern sitting on my easle since before Christmas and I have only just felt well enough to try and finish it. I hope the person who commissioned it likes it.

Car is home!

Posted on January 27, 2023January 28, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged bus, Car, expense, Fixed, Grateful, Home, Life, old car, Repair, Second hand, Taxi, thankfulLeave a comment

I have got my car back! Finally after a week of waiting for it I can breathe a sigh of relief. But among all of the hassle I realise how anti public transport I am. I think it’s because I’ve used buses and taxis in the past, and I don’t know the routes or timings for the buses, and often when I’ve ordered a taxi it hasn’t turned up. One time I had to walk home from hospital because there were non available. Also since the pandemic I try to avoid groups of people, so buses worry me.

Having a car is a freedom and a curse. I walk less and don’t cycle anymore because I have one. I don’t know what to do if we have to get rid of it. The car is very old and it’s like an old pair of shoes, if it needs repairing I have to pay out because I can’t afford to replace it with another (second hand) one. But at least by keeping it we are not wasting new resources.

Socks idea

Posted on January 27, 2023January 28, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Bottle oven, Canal, Copyright?, Drawing, Pottery, Present, Sketching, socks, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

Thursdays #bandofsketchers prompt was socks. I don’t know if these exist, so if they don’t this idea is my copyright ©. Canal and bottle oven socks. The ideal present for someone who loves industrial archaeology, is interested in the Trent and Mersey canal and needs to keep their feet warm!

Mascot

Posted on January 26, 2023January 28, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Bird, Chrome, classic car show, falcon, Green, mascot photo, Memory, motor trike, SummerLeave a comment

Mascot of some sort of Falcon seen on a motor trike last summer at a classic car show. Lovely chrome with orange eyes. The green paintwork was fabulous. You wouldn’t want to get into an argument with this bird.

I do like looking at things and sometimes I can get a good photo of objects with my little caeon my phone.. The trouble is its getting very full of images and I have to scroll through a lot of them to find things, so mostly I chose more recent images. Hope you like this one.

Clouds

Posted on January 26, 2023 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Clouds, Fine Art, illuminated, Light, Painting, Poem, Poetry, Spode Reflected, WindowLeave a comment

I do like a nice cloud

Fluffy and full

Ready to rain

Ponds to fill still,

I like that cumulus

Or maybe a cirrus

Lenticular clouds

Spectacular layers.

Light shines through them

Illuminates your dreams

That silver lining

Will cheer you still.

Meditation

Posted on January 26, 2023January 28, 2023 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Aches, Art, golden, Healing, Help, Light, Meditation, pains, Relaxation, Sketching, Thinking, Vision, YogaLeave a comment

At my old yoga class from twenty years ago, we used to meditate about a golden healing light that you could conjour up to relax and help heal aches and pains. Recently I remembered this, so when I am trying to sleep and struggling to stop circular and intrusive thoughts, I close my eyes and try and notice the flow of blood in the back of my eye. Sometimes I catch sight of a sparkly gold light flowing in waves across my vision. I don’t exactly know what it is, I think it’s linked to my pulse, but it’s definitely a visual thing, not imagined. I then think the words ‘golden healing light’ over and over as I watch the waves of light wafting across my vision. I don’t know if this would be of any help to anyone, but it’s an interesting phenomenon.

Too much typing

Posted on January 26, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Aching, arm, Life, Looking, Mobile phone, Reading, Shaking, Thinking, Typing, Videos, WatchingLeave a comment

The last few days have been painful. My shaking arm is aching a lot more. I think it’s because it’s very tense, but also I’ve been feeling ill so I’ve been using my phone to look at various websites and watching my phone screen to look at videos a lot more. Why doesn’t your brain correlate things? The pain is worse when I hold or support my phone. Perhaps I should put the darned thing down a bit more often. It distracts me from being bored, but I it’s about time I started getting out and about more. Walking or reading books seem the best options.

Car saga.. Again

Posted on January 26, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Car, Life, Mechanic, old car, ongoing, Problem, Problems, Repair, starter motor, thankful, TimeLeave a comment

Plans, don’t make them! The mechanic was ill yesterday. He’s a lovely chap, and really helpful. But he can’t help being under the weather. So yesterday he said ring today and the car should be done. Unfortunately it isn’t. He fixed the problem with the earthing of the starter motor but today when he tried running it, it was very feeble. It’s worn out basically. So now he’s ordered another one for Friday but he can’t say when it will arrive. I explained ideally I need to go somewhere tomorrow, but as he said he has no control over the deliveries. I have to accept this (the world does not revolve around me). I’m just thankful it’s getting done.

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