Each year I do a whistle-stop-tour of my entire creative oeuvre. This is for my records really, but blogging it files it neatly and gives me a chance to share. Part 1 is devoted to my 'daily paintings' which ended up being more like 3-day paintings. Here are the big vases that I started out with, lost my way on No.4 and came back to in December with something quite different. Looking at them now I can see what happened. I had an idea that I wanted to express - a concept of a large beautiful … [Read more...]
Large vase paintings
I have always felt that a still-life needs to exude a sense of presence - or stillness - and beauty. When I pick up a beautiful bowl I want to caress it and enjoy its texture and shape. it is an object that is sensual. this is what I woudl like to convy in my large still-life paintings. For this reason, I chose vases and decided to show them as if they are museum exhibits. The background is birchply with a thin wash of white oils and it is carved to create texture and flatten the … [Read more...]