Quiet day

Posted on June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Day off, Life. Rest, Painting, Quiet dayLeave a comment

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I’ve not felt like drawing or painting since the exhibition and after the weekend up at Etruria I’m still recovering from walking round for hours. Plus we had to cut the hedge back at the front of the garden yesterday which was tiring, so I’m having a quiet day.

Which means a quiet morning actually, because I need to start doing things this afternoon. Like collecting my paintings and storing them. Wish I’d sold something, but I want things to go to a good home. So anyway, I might post something later.

Portrait with portrait

Posted on May 31, 2019May 31, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylics, Art, Blogging, Commission, Design, Life, Painting, Pastels, Portrait, Watercolour11 Comments

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The exhibition is going well and I had my photo taken with my portrait of my husband as a green man. It’s called my green man. I’m pleased with the composition.

What next? Once this is over I’ve booked to put a show up in another local gallery called the waiting room, in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent. That will be in September, not got the dates yet. I’m also going to do a couple of craft fairs in the next couple of months. It would be good to be commissioned to paint for people but I’m not sure how to break into that sort of work. I am happy to paint for people. Just contact me.

Opening night!

Posted on May 29, 2019 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Art, Artist, Blog, Centre space, Eleanora st, Exhibition, Fine Art, Life, Painting, Spode, Staffordshire, Stoke, Stoke-on trent9 Comments

Thank you to everyone who came to the exhibition. I think people enjoyed it. I will be putting up more photos if I get some. These are quick snaps but I’ve included all the paintings. The people at Centre Space gallery, Darren and Sarah, could not be more helpful. If there was a trip advisor for galleries (maybe there is) I would recommend them.

If you would like to see it it’s on till Sunday from 10.30am to 4.00pm at the Centre Space gallery, at Spode Site, Eleanora street, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1QQ.

Favourite photo 2012.

Posted on May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Dreadlocks, Friend, Market scene, Painting, Portrait, Puppet, Red hair, SnakeLeave a comment

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Memories, I don’t know when I painted this but it’s just come up on my FB page as the favourite photo of 2012. It’s a painting of my friend when she ran a market stall surrounded by her objects for sale. It’s based on a photo of her that I had taken. The cardigan and hair really added to the vibrant colours in the painting. I can’t remember what it’s called.

I loved the scarf with the snake on it, and the puppet which may be Thai or Indian. Sometimes it’s good to paint what you see.

It’s up!

Posted on May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Centre space, Eleanora street, Exhibition, Fun, Life, Painting, Spode, Spode Heritage visitors centre, Stoke, Stoke-on trent5 Comments

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I’m so pleased with my exhibition which opens tomorrow. Darren and Sarah who run the Centre Space couldn’t have been more helpful.

I will post some photos of the paintings tomorrow when they are on show. I was pleased with the way the exhibition looks and the careful way that it was put up. I hope I get a few commissions out of it.

Will people understand my passion for painting green men? Or my love if planets and astronomy? My quirky ideas about earth, air, fire and water and a series of national and international animals and birds?

I hope whatever people like there will be something that will pique their interest. Like a victorian collector of curiosities I enjoy the odd, interesting, and fun.

Morning Glory

Posted on May 26, 2019May 26, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Green man, Life, Morning glory, Painting, PlantsLeave a comment

Just a little painting of a green man with morning glory flowers. I thought it would be nice to add some bright colour to this. I chose morning glory because its a climbing plant that scrambles up and opens it’s flowers for a day. The flowers then wither to be replaced by new ones the next day.

Hare minus bells

Posted on May 25, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Animal portrait, Animals, Art, Countryside, Environment, Hare, Harebell, Life, Nature, Painting, Photo from a magazine, WildlifeLeave a comment

I went out this morning to go to the Orme Art group. We were supposed to do limited pallette paintings, white, red, yellow ochre and black. I cheated and used some cerulean blue in the background. I want to add harebells, a beautiful bell shaped flower found in the countryside. The image is an amalgum of a photo from a magazine that I’d taken a photo of and a photo off the Internet. I’m not sure if I will finish this or any of the other paintings at the moment. Every time I feel better I do stuff, then I feel ill again. I guess I’m trying too hard. But I wanted some really strong paintings for the exhibition. I hope they look good. Anyway I’m having a rest for half an hour.

Exhibition

Posted on May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Centre space, Exhibition, opening night, Painting, Preview, Staffordshire, Stoke-on trent, Stoke-upon-TrentLeave a comment

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Next week!

My exhibition. At centre space, the Spode Heritage visitors centre, Eleanora street, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent

Preview night is on the Wednesday between 7 and 9pm. If you are around come along.

Hard work

Posted on May 22, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Exhibition, Green, Hard work, Hubby, Keep painting, Life, Monochrome, Painting, Portrait2 Comments

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Progress… Just a quick update.

Using various greens, it’s going to be monochromatic, no other colours but white, greens and some paynes grey.

May be finished by the weekend.

Started him

Posted on May 21, 2019May 21, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Acrylic on canvas, Art, Blogging, Fun, Green, Green hubby, Green man, Humour, Laughter, Life, Painting, Portrait4 Comments

Yes I’m painting my husband as a green man. This is about two hours in. I’m limiting the pallette to only greens white and dark grey. I think I’m getting a reasonable likeness to him although his nose may be a little long and his face is a bit narrow. The cheeky eyes staring out make me want to laugh, so often he’s serious, he’s got a lot on his mind. Also I rarely paint faces on this scale, it’s quite a big canvas so any mistakes are magnified. As you can see I have not sketched this out except initially in a darker green. I’m adjusting positions of his features as I go along. However I’ve stopped for a rest and to charge my phone as it is going flat and I’m holding the phone to work from. Modern day painting eh? And yes his nose needs to be bigger.

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