WIP again

WIP again. 

(Acrylic on canvas panel, 10x8 in)

As if to prove the point made in my previous post, here’s another Work in Progress started yesterday, to add to the growing pile of unfinished work. When I’m ready, there’ll be a splurge of completed works. By the way, this painting is based on a photograph taken on the same day as that used for the previous post and only five minutes walk away. I think I see a consistent mindset.

Another Work in Progress

Another Work in Progress.
(Acrylic on canvas board, 10x8 in)

Lacking the will to push on and finish anything at the moment, I continue to pile up the WIPs and started this one yesterday at the Club. I rather wish I’d used a bigger panel now, so maybe I’ll consider this a study for a bigger painting.

In another forum, I was asked why I was attracted to this subject. I often find it difficult to articulate what it is that attracts me to a subject because it’s that old “if I could tell you what it is I wouldn’t have to paint it” trope. But I do recognise potential subject matter as soon as I see it. In this case I’m sure it was an element of dereliction, the monumentality of it (possibly why I regret the smallness of the panel) and the geometric shapes. 

Two Works in Progress

WIP - Aerial View

(Acrylic on canvas board, 12 x 12 in)

WIP - Crossing the Square

(Acrylic on canvas board, 12 x 12 in)

Two works in progress, both views from a tower in Verona. One begun yesterday, the other creeping to completion. Both with issues to resolve.

WIP: Crossing the Square

Crossing the Square WIP
(Acrylic on canvas board, 12x12 in)

Another new one blocked out yesterday. I’ve always loved views from above. In this case, I'm working on a photograph taken from a tower in Verona.

 

Diamonds and Pearls

Diamonds and Pearls
(Acrylic on board, 11 x 11 in)

This weekend’s work. My Regular Reader will know I'm rather fond of the shop as subject matter, so this new painting of a little jewellery shop I spotted in a quiet square in Trogir, Croatia, should come as no surprise. 

I painted it on a panel I prepared long ago with pieces of paper pasted down and that has given the painting a nice texture appropriate to the old walls of the town.

Concertina Exchange

In an effort to kick start some creativity in the drab early months of the year, I’ve signed up to a concertina exchange project run by Sally Hirst. I sent the first iteration of my concertina book to Julia, my partner in the exchange, a few days ago.

This is how it looked:

There’s no specific theme so far, but I’m reminded of pictograms and some of Barbara Rae’s Arizona paintings. It’ll be interesting to see where Julia takes it.

Up Pink Lane [SOLD}

Up Pink Lane
(Acrylic on canvas board, 10x10 in)

I understand that this day in January is known as Blue Monday. Well, I went to pick up my two paintings from the now closed exhibition at Newcastle Arts Centre today and was pleasantly surprised to find that this one had sold. Not such a Blue Monday after all!

I painted this one in 2023, in a burst of interest in relatively unlikely bits of Newcastle and Gateshead.