Yellow glass bowl

Posted on February 19, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, ammonites, Art, Collection, Colours, Glass, Painting, yellow and blueLeave a comment

A funny little painting of a yellow glass bowl with blue feet shaped like ammonites or snail shells. I loved the bowl and was really upset when it got broken. I created this picture so I would have a memory of it. Some people collect things, others hate clutter. I’m on the collecting side. Mostly because it helps when creating art. If I want to paint a little rabbit skull I have one I found on a walk, or I have ammonites found on the beach. Glass ware and ceramics. I don’t think anything is worth much money, but I do like collecting objects (and dust!)

Tree view

Posted on February 18, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Branches, Leaves, Looking, Memory, Painting, TreesLeave a comment

When you stand under a tree remember to look up. You might be surprised to see the pattern the branches make and how the leaves don’t always overlap so they can absorb as much light as possible. Spreading out towards the light (phototropism) is where plants bent their stems to move towards the light. Look at the different shaped trees make, depending on the species. Some even have nicknames. Ash trees are supposed to have branches like witches fingers. This was one of my paintings from about twenty years ago.

WIP a while ago

Posted on February 18, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Ceramic, Fine Art, Painting, Pottery, Sad, Shaking, Work in progress4 Comments

Before my arm started shaking I was doing paintings like this. (for the last year and a half or so my left arm has been gradually getting worse with increased shaking ) Then I had to see the doctor and mentioned the problem. He said it was above his pay grade! I am waiting for tests. The thing is that art and particularly painting mean everything to me. I don’t know if lockdowns have knocked my confidence? Plus illness gets to you. Making it more difficult to complete work. I’ve got myself into a situation where I will do quick pictures and sketches, but I feel nervous of doing anything more substantial. I don’t usually talk about how I feel mentally, but I’m feeling down today. I will probably be OK tomorrow?

Teapot at a hotel

Posted on February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, brickwork, Display, Gallery, Hotel, Memory, PaintingLeave a comment

A few years ago I did a series of paintings of pottery that were displayed in a local hotel on the Spode factory site. It was great to see my work on show in different venue to a gallery. The hotel staff were very friendly and welcoming. I liked the fact the works were hung on rough brickwork. It gave it more of a feeling of industrial heritage. I’d like the opportunity to do it again.

Art at the Waiting Room gallery

Posted on February 15, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Craft fair, Exhibition, Fine Art, note cards, Painting, Waiting room galleryLeave a comment

A few paintings and cards at the Waiting Room gallery. I was thinking of doing a craft fair stall soon, but it’s too far away if I have to drive on my own. Since my arm started shaking I won’t drive far without my hubby. Not because I can’t but because I get very tense and my shoulders ache. I might try and get involved with something closer to home. In the meantime I need to work towards the end of my MA and also an exhibition I should be having in the spring or summer.

@thewaitingroom_lpt

Posted on February 13, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged @thewaitingroom_lpt, Art, Colours, gallery Longport, juno mission, Jupiter, Painting, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

Just been up to the Waiting room gallery in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent. They have hung my tryptich of Jupiter and it is for sale if anyone wants to contact me about it. I’ve said I would sell canvases individually but I think it’s better if it was sold as all three canvases. The image is based on a photo of Jupiter’s surface including part of one if its poles. I’m not sure which? Taken by the Juno mission a few years ago. Acrylic on canvas. It’s hung horizontally but it could be hung vertically or even diagonally. Is there an up and down in zero gravity? Just imagine being there, what a fantastic sight it would be!

Ghost in the glass

Posted on February 5, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, bizarre, Ghost, History, Humour, Painting, Poem, Poetry, Reflection, Silly rhyme, strange story3 Comments

Can you see my face?

Looking in to your space?

A ghost in the window

Trapped in the glass

An image of when

I came here last!

Little Moreton Hall

Tudor house

I was here a while ago

And I saw your face.

I was startled

Not my reflection

But an old woman

Dressed in silk

The colour of lemon.

So strange to think

You may see me

I see you too

Bizarre

I shout Boo!

Changing spots

Posted on February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, beer, Burslem, knives and forks, Leopard, Mural, Painting, Prince Leopold, shield, Stoke-on trent, The Leopard HotelLeave a comment

When I was painting in the Leopard Hotel I designed a coat of arms for the hotel. The hotels ginger cat lies across the top of a shield with garlands of leaves and berries around it. The shield is split into four sections. From the top left there are crossed knives and forks on a blue ground with a gold chevron. The top right is a portrait of Prince Leopold (not sure where he was from) it was possible that the Leopard could have been named after him. Bottom right are three foaming tankards in gold. And bottom left is a painting of a Leopard. The motto on the banner underneath says ‘The Leopard can change its spots’. The idea behind it was that the pub had just been taken over and the landlords Neil Cox and Neil Crisp wanted to turn it into a friendly place to eat great food and wonderful beer. I think they made a great job of it and for a few years it prospered but the changing face of the town, the empty buildings and then covid finally managed to close it. Sorry for the fuzzy photo.

My messy chair

Posted on January 31, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Anxiety, Art, Canvas, Dragon, Is it art?, mojo, Mugs, Painting, Pallette, Sketch book, Thinking, Tidy upLeave a comment

Instead of an easle I prop a stand up in a chair. But sometimes it becomes a bit of a dumping ground. Empty mug, started to colour a canvas, pallette, brushes and tissues and a mug for water. Sketchbook with a zebra Dragon idea. I need to start painting but I have no get up and go. Tidy up and start, or worry and prevaricate. I don’t know. I need to do something soon. Maybe it’s these dark days that are getting to me? I need my mojo back….

Willow pattern painting

Posted on January 30, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Acrylics, Art, Ceramics, Design, Fine Art, Painting, platter, Spode, Stoke-on trentLeave a comment

I painted this a few years ago. It’s an octagonal platter shape. I used a few images of willow pattern plates and amalgamated them. It’s mostly based on a Spode style of pattern. The edge design was made up by myself. The painting is meant to look like the platter is leant up against a background. That’s why I added shadows and played with adding a reflection below it. I can’t remember what else I added to it. I did a series of paintings of ceramic objects, there was also a jug and a teapot and a large vase painting. It was good to imagine pottery from my adopted home of Stoke-on-Trent.

Mallaband-Brown

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