Covid Town. Mixed Media on Canvas,. 60 x 60 x 3.5 cm. 2020. This painting has been chosen for inclusion in a forthcoming on line exhibition hosted by The Circle Foundation for the Arts. As part of the submission I was required to include a description of the piece. Not an easy thing for any…
JAZZ. Acrylic on Canvas. 50 x 5o x 4 cm. 2020. In this painting I have tried to evoke the vibrancy of Jazz through colour and shape, taking my lead from the book of cut outs by Matisse. This piece is now on display in the online exhibition English Riviera Winter Open . Available to…
Image: BIKES TO BE MENDED. Gouache on Paper. ( for Reuben) July 29th 1989. Following Boris’ anticlimactic ‘First Steps’ broadcast yesterday I was reminded of the much more important first steps all those of us who have children treasure. However important the ‘unlocking’ process seems today, nothing can compare with our children’s first steps in…
Image: COB AND THATCH. Mixed Media on Canvas. 2019. STAYING HOME. How often have you said ‘ It’s a small world’? Being in isolation may well have changed your mind. Most of us know family and friends who seem to be a lot further away than they were before, be they in the nearest town…
Image: DANCERS. Watercolour and Gouache on Handmade Paper. 66 x 57 cm. 2000. DANCERS. After the last wordy blog I thought I would just post an image for you to enjoy. This is my second painting about dancing used in my blog posts, this one being twenty years old. It always surprises me how little…
Image: TV PRESENTER WITH BROWN SHADES. Acrylic on Handmade Paper. 1985. Thought I would stop preaching for a change and give you something to read. Paintings like the one above often give me ideas about the people in them. This is a prose poem I found in an old sketch book, based on an imaginary…
Image: KITE LADY DANCING. 2014. Watercolour and Gouache on handmade paper. Private Collection Devon. This little painting deserves a poem and so I’ve written one today. As they say in Strictly, ‘KEEP DANCING’. DANCING. The kite lady dances on the stage, without a care she turns and spins, lost in the music that the piper plays,…
This piece was painted in 2013 and was sold to a collector from the USA last week. Thanks to Maggie and David Hill of the Galleria St Ives for handling the sale.
This is a recent, 2015 piece using a cacophony of mixed media on canvas. It is 15 x 15 cm on Canvas. Small is intriguing! I hope you like it. G
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