Creation

Today happened...

‘Eight days a week’

I am really happy with this painting.

It has lived in my studio for several months.

But not like this...

Today I changed its life.

It was ‘born again’ in an art sense. 

Just with a few random marks. 

These new marks were made quickly 

using oils and cold wax medium.

The studio was a little dark as the blinds 

were pulled down.  No lights were on.

This made a quiet relaxing place...

with no noise and no-one around.

I resisted the temptation to fiddle.

Bold applications of paint and marks

were left alone to tell a story.

Before working...

...and now

Drying on an easel.

Making marks is an exciting process.

Making marks ‘without care’ is very exciting.

Taking care can ruin a painting.

This may sound odd...

surely it is important to be careful with the work?

Not exactly...

When I began taking risks and ‘not caring’

I found my work moved on significantly.

A detail from my new piece.

A story of creation.

Destruction and creation.

The whole finished piece.

‘Eight days a week’

Oils and cold wax medium on 51x77cm canvas 

in a cream wood float frame. 

Before I go...

here is the previous picture 

in an exhibition earlier in the year.

I have no regrets about the change...

it was time to move on.

I love my job.   

Until next time...

Thank you for visiting.