Inspired Abstract

Inspired by the colour of the wallflowers in the photograph I took and posted in my April post

‘What a great weekend it was’, I produced this abstract.





Size 12" x 5"

  

Taking Advice II

Remember my post on in April where I took action on the advice given to  me …….. Kathryn stated   '…way to incorporate more text into your work?' and Isabella stated 'think good imagery and good writing go hand in hand.

This is another picture where I tried to incorporate this advice.

The words I incorporated describe how I see daffodils.





Size 5" x 12"

  

Harley Gallery

Yesterday Kathryn took me to the Harley Gallery to see the ‘Smile’ exhibition. What a wonderful gallery this is. If I had I gallery I would want it be as inspiring as this one. This is just the building I am talking about. I would recommend it to any art lovers.

The exhibition ‘Smile’ was awesome. It was a delight and it did make me smile.

The flyer for the exhibition has a nice quote by Frank Howard Clark, Playwright –

‘Most smiles are started by another smile’

Well I was smiling after seeing this exhibition.

Thank you Kathryn for taking me there.

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Memory Work

I have had a few things on the window sill of my work room (I do not like to use the term studio as that seems pretentious in my case). These are things that I have picked up on my holidays and in some way remind of the places where I found them.

They are two pieces of tree bark from Kew Gardens, London.  A piece of slate from on old slate mine on the banks of Loch Lomond, bonnie Scotland. And a slice of tree from the trunk of a felled tree I found in Grizedale Forest in the Lake District.

All beautiful items in their right.

I thought I would put these together to form some sort on good memories sculpture.  I have finally done this. Now where and how to photograph it for my blog. My first thought was of a clinical white background arranged outside in the garden where the light is good.  In the garden another memory kicked in. I really like the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Sculptures set in a living natural setting as opposed to a clinic museum type gallery.  Placing my small sculpture on the grass seemed the right thing to do. To add some scale to the picture I added the play people that my children and grandchildren play with. So in a way I had formed a Memory  Installation that now includes my children , grandchildren and Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

I have now found that the sculpture doubles up as a letter rack. Has this now become Applied Art?

Yorkshire Sculpture Park memory added



Memory of Children added



A useful object aswell

Poppies at Burton Agnes Hall

I like poppies. They are tall and elegant, with bright paper like petals. They gently sway in the breeze; their petals waving at you, beckoning you to come at take a closer look at them. When you do you are not disappointed.  

This picture is one that I have now sold.

It was inspired by the poppies there I saw growing at Burton Agnes Hall. I wanted to paint them again but in a different style.  When rummaging in the ‘stuff’ in the cupboard in my studio, I found a drawing that I did for a Christmas card that I drew at least ten years ago. I had tried to produce soft edges by using a scribbled sort of line.

I decided to try this approach along with a freer style for my next poppy picture. Here is the result.

Unearthed Saxon One

If you refer back to my post ‘I got my cheque today’, posted 18^th April. I describe how I felt when I sold an abstract picture called ‘Unearthed Saxon Two’. What about ‘Unearthed Saxon one’. I see it every day as it is hanging in the kitchen. My dear wife would not let me put it up for sale thankfully as I would miss this one. A lot of me went into it along with bits of wire and stuff. It was my first venture into this format (sticking bits to a canvas). I am adding it to my blog as I would feel guilty if I did not.

Size 9" x 12 "