Autumn woman

Posted on October 29, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged autumn leaves, Autumn woman, Fine Art, introverted, Life, Painting, Pandemic, Thinking, TimeLeave a comment

This is my painting ‘autumn woman’ I did a few years ago. I wish I was doing more art like this but I’ve really been overwhelmed by trying to do other college work. There are other things I need to do too. This covid pandemic have made my introverted ways even more entrenched. I wish I had the freedom I used to have. But self isolation and protecting myself have been my consideration all the way through. My hubby and I still insist on wearing masks… Although many seem to have forgotten the need for them, forgotten or are ignoring. Our prime minister does not show a good example… Oh I must not stray into politics!

Hey ho! Got to find my mojo!

Story tiles

Posted on October 23, 2021December 15, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged BCB, Ceramics, China clay, Cornwall, Fine Art, Jack Clemo, Life, Poet, Pottery, St Austell, writerLeave a comment

A view of St Austell in Cornwall that was at the BCB exhibition recently at Swift House, Stoke-on-Trent. With subtle tones of sepia colour it depicted a semi industrial landscape. I didn’t see a notice but I’m guessing it was made of China clay which has been quarried there for centuries. One of the sites was used to create the Eden Project, a set of giant domed greenhouses or ‘biomes’ which house tropical and arid environments from more equatorial climes.

St Austell is a town in Cornwall inland from the southern coast, in a landscape dotted with abandoned tin mines. It was once the home of a famous poet called Jack Clemo. He was blind but managed to write his poems while supported by his mother in the 1950’s?

I need to go back…

Posted on September 11, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Colour, Covid, delta variant, Fine Art, Life, Painting, Prevarication, Time, worried nervous2 Comments

My studio, I’m still nervous because of the delta variant of covid to go back into it. I need to paint but I’ve got that feeling that I’m on a knife edge, I don’t know what to do? It’s strange, I’m spending the money but for almost two years now I have felt very worried. Maybe I need some talking therapy, everything is getting too much….

Will the Leopard reopen?

Posted on August 14, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Burslem, Emulsion on lining paper, Fine Art, Memories, Mural, Painting, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, The Leopard HotelLeave a comment

In about 2006 and 2007 I painted several murals in the Arnold Bennett suite of the Leopard Hotel. It has appeared on Britain’s most Haunted on TV and until a couple of years ago was still open. Now no one seems to know what is happening with it. I’m sure it still needs a lot of work doing on it. No doubt my murals will get painted over if it is refurbished. It’s sad, because for a few years the place thrived. But there was also bad luck there. I wish things coukd be better for it. X

Dog work in progress.

Posted on August 14, 2021August 14, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Commission, Dog, Fun, fur, Life, Pet, Pet portrait, Work in progress5 Comments

He’s almost done, looks like a Teddy bear so it needs some more attention.

I am struggling with the fur, trying to soften it, it looks too spiky at the moment. I need to get the ears right and his belly sorted out. The photo I’m working from has him in a dogs rain cover or coat, but that is covering areas I need to paint. Three hours of work and I feel like I’m only shuffling forwards. But I’ll get there.

Sculpture

Posted on August 13, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Circular, diminishing in height, hard edges, Keele University, Metallic, Sculpture, spires?Leave a comment

Lit by led lights, this sculpture at Keele University is striking. Spires of reflective steel radiate outwards. Each line of them diminishes in size as them move outwards. It seems energetic, yet constrained. Like a frozen fountain. At the centre is a low metal plinth or seat. I wanted to walk into the centre of it and sit or stand on it. But thought it might be too fragile. A peaceful place to contemplate the universe perhaps?

Blossom

Posted on July 29, 2021December 13, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Cherry blossom, Cherry tree, Face, Painting, Profile, Shadows, SnowLeave a comment

It’s been a while since I painted this. It’s a cherry tree in blossom in the snow. I like turning trees into faces. When it happens that you can see faces in objects or photos it’s called Pareidolia. But if I create the pattern myself is it something else?

I may do some similar art soon. I will see if the idea appeals to me.

Dog, work in progress

Posted on July 23, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Animal portrait, Art, Colours, Dog, Fine Art, fur, Painting, Texture, Work in progress4 Comments

Acrylic on canvas, a few more layers. The rough edges of his coat, where they touch the grass, need sorting out. The dig has got a silver coat and a collar and lead on which I’ve left out so I’m trying to decide where the shadows should fall and his fur. I think I’ve made some of it too yellow, I need daylight to check.

Cat paintings

Posted on July 17, 2021 Posted in Cat, Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Animal portrait, Art, Black cat, Cat, cat paintings, Commission, Life, Painting, Portrait, Work in progress2 Comments

A couple of cat paintings I did for a friend in 2018. The first was a work in progress. I don’t have a photo of the completed painting. I love painting cats, and any other animals. I’ve got a dog painting in progress then I’ve got to paint some purple crabs, that might be interesting! By the way the pink is a chair cover, not part of the paintings.

WIP dog continued

Posted on July 15, 2021 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Colours, Dog, Fine Art, Grass, Green, Painting, Pet, Wip, Work in progress4 Comments

Grass painted and coat underpainted, need to work on the colour and details now. His coat is a bit greyer and I want to get more of the fine fur details.

Mallaband-Brown

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