Canvas

Posted on September 21, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Canvas, Eclectic, Life, Painting, Plans, SuppliesLeave a comment

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Value pack. When you are creating art it’s good to use quality paints but I don’t spend too much on canvas. I’m not being mean, the stretched canvases are serviceable. It’s just that I’m not made of money but I want to paint.

Plans for future pictures:

Green men and women,

Winter men and women (images within trees)

Astronomical objects from moons and planets to novae and Galaxies.

Animal and human portraits, perhaps integrated with nature.

Architecture.

As you can see I’m planning to use a lot of canvas…..

Final day of solo show

Posted on September 21, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Animal, Art, Design, Eclectic, Green man, Landscape, Longport, Paintings, Solo show, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Waiting room galleryLeave a comment

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My final solo show day at the waiting room gallery is tomorrow, 22nd September 2019. Its open from 12noon to I think 5pm.

Im hoping people that couldn’t get to the opening will come along tomorrow.

It’s near Longport Station (which is being restored) and is a great new artist led gallery. I’m hoping to sort out some prints with them so they will have artwork for sale with them after the show has ended.

So that’s The Waiting Room Gallery, Longport, ST6 4ND. Maybe see you there. x

Old portrait

Posted on September 21, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Breakfast, Commission, Contrast, Design, Life, Pink, Portraits, SunshineLeave a comment

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This portrait of a friends three children must be twenty years old or more. All I have as an image is an old photocopy of a photo of it….which is why it’s blurred..

The three children were having breakfast when the photo was taken. There was strong sunlight shining into the room. The main colour was pale pink but the pin board behind them and the deep shadows made a good contrast.

I’d like to share a photo of my painting but I haven’t seen it for years. I used to do a lot more portrait painting but I guess now selfies are the fashionable thing they are less likely to be commissioned.

If you would like a portrait don’t hesitate to contact me.

Casey cat

Posted on September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Animal, Art, Cat portrait, Fun, Funny, Kite, Pattern, Playing, Poem, PoetryLeave a comment

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He was a mad cat,

Jumped on kites,

sat in the middle of the road.

Climbed shelves,

ran round the local shop.

Climbed the curtains,

chased dogs

Mad yowling,

Running round at high speed.

Pouncing and preening.

Playing…

Lilies

Posted on September 17, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, art nouveau, Colours, Georgia O'keefe, Lilies, Older painting, Painting, PatternLeave a comment

I’ve duplicated this image multiplying it by four to extend the pattern. It’s another older painting. I think I was channelling Georgia O’keefe when I painted it. It is acrylic on canvas. FB_IMG_1568676663736

I was given a book about her art as a birthday present. Sadly the book was damaged when I spilt a mug of coffee over it. It’s only a small, square paperback and now some of the images are stuck together.

O’keefe was controversial as an artist. Some of her art was seen as erotic even though she was painting flowers. I am more interested in her use of colour and blending techniques. Her work is beautiful and striking.

My painting of lilies is also slightly based on images from the start if the twentieth century. I do like art nouveau. I was also trying to use fresh colours rather than a more realistic background.

An old one…

Posted on September 17, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Brain, Design, Face, Life, Memory, Painting, Portrait, ThoughtLeave a comment

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This painting is a few years old, and I think it led to my green man painting. I tried to ain’t something that was about ‘mind’, the squiggles and orange splotches are meant to be like synapses, and flashes of electricity. If the nerve fibres in your brain we’re stretched out they would cover a huge area. The brain is convoluted and folded which increases the interconnection of brain cells. The more convoluted and complex the brain, the more intelligence seems to be the rule. There are probably research papers about it and there may be information on Wikipedia.

Back to the painting. I can’t remember whether the face was taken from a photo……. But the eyes look quite real? What I must do is start creating new paintings again…

Green Woman, self portrait..

Posted on September 12, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Design, Fun, Green woman, Portrait, self portrait, Work in progressLeave a comment

I suppose it would happen. I decided to do a self portrait….. I seem to do them once in a decade. The last one was a drawing about ten years ago.

I’m not sure if painting myself as a Green woman will work, but hopefully it will compliment the portrait of my hubby as a Green man. I’m thinking of offering to do them as portraits for people who are interested in the pagan world.

I’ll share more as it progresses. X

Orme Art exhibition..

Posted on September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Acrylic on canvas, Art, Astronomy, Design, Flowers, Free, Gallery, Jupiter tryptich, Landscape, Mars, Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Orme Art group, Paintings, Plants, Staffordshire, The BramptonLeave a comment

I got my paintings up at the Brampton museum and art gallery now until the 10th November. I’m part of a group exhibition with fellow artists from the Orme Art group based in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

I’m quite happy that they have hung my Mars painting upside down! After all in space there is no right way up! The art is along a corridor in the museum but they are well displayed and lit. If you are around you can always take a look. It’s at the Brampton museum and art gallery in Newcastle-under-Lyme .

Holly and Ivy green man.

Posted on September 8, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Design, Green man, Holly and Ivy, Life, Painting, PortraitLeave a comment

Coming up for the autumn / winter. I want to do some more green men and women. If I can do some with frost and snow that would be interesting. I’m looking for pictures of striking faces so that they have character, I’ve found that if I just make them up they get a bit flat and don’t have as much impact. More later….

Extra work….

Posted on September 7, 2019 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Colour, Design, Fine Art, Green, Green man, Leaves, Painting, Portrait2 Comments

Sometimes a painting can need work. After a couple of months, and after already exhibiting “my green man” I decided to do more work on it. The canvas was a bit rough, so when you put paint on it, it didn’t spread evenly and it caught on the surface, leaving tiny little dots where the paint hadn’t stuck. That meant that it looked thin in places and the colour wasn’t strong enough so I have tried to improve the pattern of the leaves and the shading on the face. I’ve used some iridescent turquoise to give it the gleam of dampness. If I do another one I might try and paint frost and ice on it.

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