Stall set up

Posted on November 9, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Artist, Busy, Cards, Craft fair, Life, Painting, Tired6 Comments

I couldn’t fit all my pictures onto the stall today, but I got most of them on, plus some prints.

I got up at 7.40 but dispite trying to be there at 8.30 it was after 9 before I got there….ice to scrape off the car and then slow traffic. I’m lucky it didn’t snow, it was forecast!

The village hall is an old school and we were in the main room. Lots of crafts and charity stalls. I won a few things in the raffle and tombola. We finished about two and then it was time to pack up and try and fit all my paintings in my boxes, that’s an art in itself.

Craft fair news

Posted on November 8, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Baubles, Christmas, Craft fair, Design, Frost, More to do, Paintings, Ribbon2 Comments

Finished tree decorations…. I think they are OK. I’ve tried to make them festive. I’ve attached ribbons so they can hang off a tree. Well I will be trying to sell them at the craft fair I’m doing in the morning…. More to do.. I’m trying to do a painting of Frost. I’ve used lots of metallic paint, I think it’s in need of more detail though. _20191108_220603

Pallette peel

Posted on November 8, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colours, Design, Fun, Metallic, Paint, Painting, Pallette, PatternLeave a comment

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Acrylic paint peeled out of the tub I use to mix my paint. This is the underside. Yes I do like using bright colours. Also metallic shades. There is something about shiny paint that enthralls me..

IMG_20191108_184612 and you can make interesting bright patterns that could be used on things like phone and tablet covers. All it takes is rotating the images and joining them together. Bright and breezy x.

Lost necklace?

Posted on November 8, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blue, Chain, Design, Glass, Jewellery, Life, LostLeave a comment

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Someone wants to buy one of the glass necklaces I made. She wants a definite one. But in the time period since she saw it and asked me to keep it she can’t remember which one it is. I did wrap it up but I don’t know if I put it on display again at my last craft fair, in which case I might be wrong. I want to be a helpful seller. I care about people getting what they asked for. I hope I’ve found it!

The English countryside in Autumn

Posted on November 8, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Autumn, Bright, Cold, Falling leaves, Food, Leaves, Life, Sunshine4 Comments

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We just came back from lunch at a pub called the Red Lion in Werrington, Staffordshire. Lovely food, and a view from the restaurant over the Staffordshire countryside. The leaves are still falling. There are some beautiful colours. It was clear and the sky was a cold blue. It was good to be snug and warm inside. Now I’ve got to get ready for a craft fair tomorrow. I need to finish a couple of paintings a d add some ribbon… Back to work…

Fringed

Posted on November 7, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colour, Design, Fringes, Life, Photo, photo editor, PlayingLeave a comment

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I played with colours on my phone photo editor. By moving the sliders up and down I got lots of light fringes like oil on water. Just wondering what else I can do with it.

Christmas tree paintings

Posted on November 6, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Christmas, Craft fair, Creative, Design, Fun, Paintings, Tiny paintings4 Comments

I’m channelling Christmas and painting little canvases as tree decorations. They need more layers and the colours sorting out….. They will have green ribbons on them so they can hang off a Christmas tree. Backs to be painted black to blend into the shadows…

Copyright © issues

Posted on November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Burslem riot, Copyright?, Emulsion on wall, Life, Mural, Painting, Questions, World17 Comments

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I am a local artist in Stoke-on-Trent and about 11 or 12 years ago I painted a series of murals in the Bennett suite at the Leopard Hotel in Burslem. Recently my paintings have appeared on a book, on Midlands Today a BBC local TV channel, the Sentinel newspaper and on a ghost hunting website. All without my permission. I hold the copyright for the images and I would like people to contact me if they wish to use them. The image is my painting of my painting of the Burslem Riot of 1842. I’ve contacted the people who used them but only one has responded so I have given her retrospective permission. What can I do?

Jupiter 2009

Posted on November 5, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Astronomy, Great Red spot, Jupiter, Memory, Painting, Space, Ten years agoLeave a comment

FB_IMG_1572912413208 Ten years ago, and before that, I was painting Jupiter. I love the planet, though its atmosphere is hellishly difficult to paint, swirls that meld into one another, colours that blend and merge.

I think I said it was like knitting the painting, because I built it up band by band.

Now I want to do more in the astronomical area. I’m thinking of painting on perspex if I can get the right effects. I woukd do something like the ‘pillars of creation’ dusty nebula. I am thinking of having different layers. How I would display it, and how accurate it would be? I don’t know-yet!

Painting from the 1980’s

Posted on November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1980's, Art, Design, Life, MP, Oil on canvas, Old painting, Portrait, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent6 Comments

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I have a few images of my old paintings on slides. I would like to get them transferred onto a digital platform before they deteriorate too much. This painting was actually bought by our old MP, Mark Fisher, and I was really proud to have known him. Unfortunately he passed away a few years ago.

It’s funny how you find things and they bring back old memories. This painting was done of a friend. I deliberately tried to alter the angles of the window to make it more atmospheric. I would like to do more portraits if anyone is interested.

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