The Brexit Daisy

The Brexit Daisy

by | Apr 20, 2017 | art, art as language, drawing, painting, photography

It didn’t start out as an overtly political painting. My subconscious at work perhaps? Maybe, but the process has its roots way back in the flow of work. My starting point is always something observed. In this instance, the beginnings were sparked by a blue ceramic...
Getting Started

Getting Started

by | Mar 26, 2017 | art, art as language, painting

Many artists profess that the scariest thing they face is a large empty white canvas. I love it. A new playground of ideas. I start with the image I want to work with, in this next painting another daisy image but also involving a pot of crocus. If I had to guess I’d...
One Bound

One Bound

by | Mar 19, 2017 | art, Lifestyle, painting

There is an image of Superman, used on the front page of comics for ages, fist raised, taking off in a leap into the atmosphere. One bound, and he’s free! That is exactly how I feel. Given the all clear from cancer, also cleared of diabetes completely (not even...
Aftershocks Continue

Aftershocks Continue

by | Jan 21, 2017 | art, drawing, Lifestyle, painting, photography

I was shocked to discover that the cancer and the consequential hospital stays had wrought such havoc on my body. My partner and I measure each other (shut up, it’s fun) each year, and I have lost muscle mass along with weight. Thigh muscles to have withered, so I...