Manchester Central painting shows a major railway station in the heart of the city. Closed during the Beeching reforms and left derelict for years. It was used as a car park and little else. Transformed in the 80’s and 90’s to its current glorious state. The first thing I notice is the clock. (I’ve a […]
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Appreciate the simple things A single wall light glowing orange against a swirling indigo sky. The dark blue, is textured with tiny, fuzzy specks. A feature of the use of salt and time. Some effects cannot be rushed. This piece is less crowded than number 9, and this allows the paint freedom to create texture
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No Sign of a Flood but there is a Rainbow Porch This is another busy painting. The Porch of the Radcliffe Centre in Buckingham, the former United Reformed Church. The Porch is present, of course, but so much is included as part of the package of “The Porch”. A doorway, windows, a very cute buttress,
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36 Dormer Window Painting Another busy scene, the dormer windows are at the centre set into the roof. There’s a sense of antiquity about the building. It’s been here a long time. A calmness pervades, this unhurried aspect may be because they are upper rooms, probably bedrooms. The windows take up a fraction of the
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Reflecting on a Letterbox Painting This is another painting where the ink has been able to “do its thing”. The purple network on the top left leading to the speckled bloom above. Marine blue inks bleeding into pale blue wash. The letterbox painted in sepia and Prussian blue has pink patches where the colours in
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Meditating on a Pattress Plate painting. Is something I never thought I’d ever say. Yet here I am. Following the 4950 paintings challenge in 2018 I had to paint a few of the more obscure architectural detail. This is one, it’s a particular type of wall tie used when walls become unstable and need securing.
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At first it’s hard to figure out what you’re looking at in this image. Painting Battersea Power Stations Reflections in a mirror like pool. I say mirror-like because it’s almost smooth, but not quite. Gentle ripples ride across the surface as a delicate breeze disrupts the surface. The water flows along the left hand side,
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I thought I’d do something a little different for my Northumberland Avenue Painting in Progress. A video and single gallery. You might recognise the video from my home page’s header The painting process is more of an evolution, as layers of inks travel across the page. Blocked by masked barriers. Lines appear and an image
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The Haymarket corner painting was well travelled bfore it was finished. I started it in the Studio and had every intention of completing it there. Then I received a call from Anne Blankson Hemens of the Society of Women Artists asking if I could stand in for one of their demonstrators who was unwell and
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