by Patrick | Nov 7, 2014 | art, art as language, drawing, oil, painting
The trouble is development of ideas never quite seems to go in straight lines. Perhaps it is ideas moving in parallel, but the grid I was working with last week went into stasis this week and I was swept away by the waves again. From the colour plays that are...
by Patrick | Oct 16, 2014 | art, Environment, Lifestyle, Remembrance
Its ironic that having put in new lighting into the studio I have only been able to spend one afternoon in there. I went on a road trip to look at hotels for www.hoteldesigns.net which helps to pay the bills for all the renovation and new lighting. Unfortunately I...
by Patrick | Oct 2, 2014 | art, Environment
When a student in the 60’s I had a series of lectures on colour and perception. One in particular sticks in my mind. A series of panels of white paint were placed under the light from a slide projector, in front of a black background. As each panel was added it made...
by Patrick | Sep 18, 2014 | Remembrance, Travel
The holiday makers lie broiling in the Mediterranean sun. Bronzed bald headed muscle men stride past mounds of bright reddening flabby granddads; slender brown bikini clad beauties strut their flat stomachs past roly-poly grandmas sunbathing topless like...
by Patrick | Sep 6, 2014 | art, art as language, drawing
Impatience is a real problem for me. I ordered the stretcher pieces and a roll of canvas ready for the next painting before I had finished the drawings. The canvas is fine, but I think I may have ordered a stretcher that is going to be too small…. The drawings...
by Patrick | Aug 27, 2014 | art, art as language, drawing, oil, painting, pastels
In to Paint is to Love Again I showed the start of the painting. I started with high ambition that it will work well but I end with a self-critical kicking as I see where it is failing. I am somewhat embarrassed that, this time, it is entirely because of my monomaniac...
by Patrick | Aug 15, 2014 | art, Lifestyle
It’s just over two weeks since I last blogged. I did set myself the target of blogging about once a week, so the reasons for not doing it have been difficult for me to get to grips with. I think part of the reason is physical. I have an old shoulder injury that has...
by Patrick | Jul 31, 2014 | art, Environment, Lifestyle
The last week has been a major disappointment. It started with a trek to Eastbourne to see a consultant about the worsening of a nagging pain in my shoulder, a relatively minor ailment for years morphing into something more serious as ageing sets in. Our wonderful NHS...
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