Looking at my National Memorial Painting I cannot help a meditating on the poppy. The first thing that you notice it’s red. An atmospheric swathe of textured red fills less than half the image. Red for poppies representing red for blood. 10,000 ceramic poppies were … Continue readingMeditating on the Poppy – A National Memorial Painting
So, this weeks work in progress is an alley leading to St James’s on Piccadilly. First we have the masked image. It’s a bit faint but you can make out the spire in the centre and the rows of buildings leading to it. Here’s the … Continue readingBlue Spire of St James’s Painting in Progress
Another painting of Parliament, this one’s called On Duty
Have you ever looked at a picture and thought “What exactly am I looking at here?” That was the mystery in my Canary Wharf Painting. It happens a lot at art exhibitions and, from time to time, in real life as well. It’s what I … Continue readingCanary Wharf Painting Meditation
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 … Continue readingHaymarket Painting in Progress