In like a lion...
Our weather is quite contrary this year.
A warm February and now a complete contrast.
Snow showers, gales and cold.
My pictures this week are cheerful and full of colour.
They are going to a group exhibition tomorrow.
‘Hand in hand at the edge of the sand’
Oils and cold wax medium
16 x 16 inches on box canvas.
In a hand painted wood float frame.
‘This I saw on an April day’
Oils and cold wax medium
12 x 12 inches on box canvas
In a dark grey float frame
‘This I saw in an April field’
Oils and cold wax medium
8 x 15 inch panel
In a hand painted wood frame
‘Out in a tranquil bay’
Oils and cold wax medium
10 x 12 inch panel
In a hand painted wood frame
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In December 2018 I read an article by Sarah Genn
who’s father Robert wrote a list of points
for making a good painting.
Two of these are below...
Gestural Momentum
— Never underestimate the power of a few bold strokes. Then, leave your strokes alone.
Artistic Flair
— Have you added something that is uniquely and bravely yours?
(Robert Genn).
www.painterskeys.com
The first is something I am trying hard to remember
when I am working. There is often a temptation
to fuss with a ‘bold stroke’ which can lose impact.
These two details from my pictures show
bold strokes which were spontaneous and free.
I was careful to leave them alone.
Not easily done, I might say.
The second ‘nugget’ to be brave and unique
is my personal journey....
I am a painter and I make marks.
Here are marks I made quickly and intuitively
without much thought...they happened
as I ‘sculpted’ the oil paint with a knife.
To keep these ‘bravely mine’ I do not have any
reference tools in my workplace.
No photos or sketches precede my pictures.
I do not copy anything.
The marks evolve as I work.
If I like them, I leave them.
Otherwise I scrape the paint back.
Plenty of scraping happens in my studio.
A detail from another painting...
More marks and scratchings.
I like the subtle grey shades of blue-greens.
Here is the whole picture.
Pure imagination with a watery feeling.
‘Turquoise trails of timeless flow’
Oils and cold wax medium
20 x 20 inch box canvas.
Titles...
Someone recently asked how
I give my paintings their titles.
I have a book of ‘words’.
Words from poems and stories.
Just things I see written which appeal to me.
From these I choose a few words which seem
to say what my picture is about.
Sometimes I change the words around and jumble them up.
It’s all a bit random.
I saw this quote somewhere which
made me smile...
Until next time...
Thank you for visiting.
Visit my website for more of my story
and available paintings
www.wildartdesigns.com
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