Tuesday 12 June 2012

Seven Cakes and a View of Glasgow






















Seven Cakes and a View of Glasgow (Oil on canvas, 16 x 16 ins)

I've worked on this one off and on for some time and finally decided today to just have a good go at it and pull it together. I think it works now.

I'll be taking it to a meeting of the Painters Group on Saturday where I'm unsure of its reception. The tutor and several of the painters seemed to find the concept puzzling last time I showed it to them. I find that puzzling.

7 comments:

Bridget Hunter said...

Well they should enjoy looking at it - I have.

Graham Charnock said...

Liked the view. Hated the caked.

Anonymous said...

What I meant was it seemed like two paintings mashed together. There was an underlying narrative intrigue - what were those cakes doing there? But it wasn't resolved in the painitng. Am I taking this too seriously?

harry bell said...

Thanks, Bridget!

harry bell said...

Graham -- this is a serious business, so you're entitled to take it seriously. But perhaps what you're feeling is puzzled and I'll have to accept that puzzlement is a valid reaction.

Does it help to know that the view of Glasgow is from the viewing deck of the Lighthouse and the cakes were in a Glasgow shop window?

Anonymous said...

Like it! A sweet perspective.
Kev

harry bell said...

Crumbs! Thanks.