Varnish!

Posted on September 16, 2022September 16, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Annoying, Fine Art, flaky paint, Hair, Paint, Painting, Varnish, Wet4 Comments

Argh! I started putting eyelets on the back of my paintings and the paint started to flake off! I don’t know why, but I think because it’s a different type of canvas. So I repainted the patches where it came off. Then I had the ‘brilliant’ idea to varnish it.

First get the top off the varnish bottle. It’s one of those push down and twist types. That took half an hour. Then paint it on. But one of my hairs fell on it! I tried to lift off the hair and the paint flaked again. So, a few more dabs of paint mixed in with the varnish. It was due in today. It might not get there! And I’m left with gummy hands.

Done

Posted on September 16, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Fine Art, Finished, Motion, Painting, Princess engine, Spinning, Tired2 Comments

Red and green spins in front of my eyes. Trying to capture that motion. Almost three thirty am. I’m tired but happy. Signed and dated.

Engine WIP

Posted on September 15, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Fine Art, Movement, Painting, princess steam engine, Red and greenLeave a comment

Forth painting in progress. Trying to capture the movement of a fly wheel and govenor as it spins. I’m working from a photo I took of the Princess Steam engine, which was running at Etruria Industrial Museum last weekend. Acrylic on canvas.

Having a rest

Posted on September 15, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Fine Art, Hard work, Paint, Poppies, poppy paintings, Resting, Work in progress2 Comments

Three of four paintings I need to finish by tomorrow! Eek. Two paintings with poppies, plus a bottle kiln and sky. I’m also half way through the painting of a steam engine. I could have done this yesterday but I got involved in something else. Pressure? What pressure! ❤️

Got in!

Posted on September 13, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Barn owl, Bird, Brampton museum and art gallery, Fine Art, Flight, Life, Night, Open exhibition, Owl, Painting, Stars8 Comments

Just got a phone call. I’ve got my barn owl painting into the Brampton Open exhibition. I’m very pleased. I’ve got to pick the other one up but that’s OK, they were completely different styles so it gave me a bit more of a chance depending on what the selectors wanted. It will be up at the Brampton Museum and art gallery in Newcastle under Lyme from 24th September 2022 for a month.

Forgotten paintings

Posted on September 12, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Art, Autumn, combined, Experiment, exploration, Fine Art, Painting, SpringLeave a comment

My combined autumn and spring painting I did about four years ago. It’s quite big and I really felt free when I painted it. But like many other paintings it stuck in my studio. I enjoyed exploring the two entirely different styles and colours in this. I might find it and try and get it in an exhibition. X

Poppies wip

Posted on September 12, 2022September 12, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Fine Art, Life, Painting, Poppies, Red, reference photos, Time, Work in progressLeave a comment

Red seems to be the theme of my paintings this week. Red poppies and red steam engine governor. Now I need to try and get the poppies painting finished. I want to work on the petals to make them more realistic. I’d also like to get the leaves and stems right. It’s difficult from imagination so I’m going to try and find some reference photos to work from.

Govenor

Posted on September 12, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Etruria Industrial museum, Fine Art, governor, Gravity, Speed, Work in progressLeave a comment

I need to get some paintings done by Friday for a new art venue. I should have gone to choir practice tonight but I’d started painting this and I didn’t want to stop. It’s based on a photo I took at Etruria Industrial Museum yesterday and shows a governor spinning. The two round weights govern the speed of the engines rotation. The faster it goes, the more the weights are pushed outwards, but they are pulled down and inwards by gravity which regulates its speed. I will try and get movement into it.

Persius and Medusa

Posted on September 10, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Fine Art, Greek myths and legends, History, Lake, Persius and Medusa, Sculpture, Trentham GardensLeave a comment

Sculpture at Trentham Gardens at the North end of the lake. It is the main sculpture and has been there for many years.

Persius killed the Gorgon Medusa by using his shield to reflect the image of her face back at her. Her power was to turn men to stone with her glance. Her hair was made up of writhing snakes. Only by doing this could he save himself.

I think I first heard of the story when I was a child, reading Greek myths and legends in a book for children. But I did not see this sculpture till I was an adult. I think I would have been upset to see this rather graphic image as a child.

Work in progress

Posted on September 8, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Fine Art, Green, Painting, pale blue, Poppies, Red, Work in progressLeave a comment

I did a bit of work on this long thin poppy painting too. I need to finish it by next week. I do seem to like putting myself under pressure! I imagine this hung on a narrow section of wall. I want to add a lot of detail and make the poppies stand out against the pale blue background. I hope it has an art nouveau appearance.

Mallaband-Brown

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