Do you enjoy people watching you at work? Many artists are self conscious and not keen to work in front of others. It makes you aware of potential mistakes and can stifle creativity. Personally I love demonstrating what I do. I know, I’m a freak! Except, when it comes to my architectural work that is… […]
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Well, that week was busy! Bucks Open Studios is in full swing, presentation at Oxford University Press Bookshop amidst the usual chaos that seems to surround me. The beauty of Open studios is I have to make art. I know it’s a hard life isn’t it! So, I found time to finish the HMS Belfast
Launching HMS Belfast Painting at last! Read More »
I love it when I finish a frustrating project! There’s nothing quite like it. Just goes to show, you just have to keep plugging away until you succeed! One down, time to start on the second one, perhaps??? …think I might do something different first. Change is as good as a rest as they say.
New Work Revealed – Keble College Read More »
Some paintings fight every step of the way? Painting frustration results in slow progress! No matter how hard you try, it just does not seem to work right. This work in progress of Keble has been like that. It is a building with an excessive amount of details. Apparently, it was meant to represent geological
Painting in Progress – overcoming frustration! Read More »
After a somewhat hectic week I’m finally catching my breath. And getting around to posting the completed Wolfson Painting number 2. Next up is Keble College which is proving to be something of a challenge. It’s a tad older than my usual genre but fascinating brickwork and lots of angles… Hence the challenge!
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After a hectic week where I seem to have had no time to paint, I’ve finished! I can now reveal the first Wolfson College Painting. This view is a composite of 3 photographs. I had to take some creative license as I couldn’t get the view I wanted without tweaking. Hopefully you can’t spot the
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