Swirls
So yesterday i decided to try something abstract but different to the sort of thing I’ve been doing for a while.
I had in my mind something like flowing streams of light coming up from below and towards the top of the canvas.
So this is how it started
I didn't like it so started playing with colours
which ended like this
Current Work
It’s been nice doing some new work, in a very abstract type of painting. There’s been lots going on in the last few years and this sort of depicts some of that, not explicitly but there are some bits to it
The inspiration was this picture I took
I think I mentioned during the post about my trip at the end of last year that one of the things I really enjoy about visiting different cities, is the amazing graffiti I keep finding in the most different places.
I wandered about in London on a leaving do in February and found a lot of stuff I hadn’t seen, and then the last time I was in London and then Ipswich I found some really lovely paintings
I just like the artistry in it, leaving aside anything about vandalism etc its how someone can turn an otherwise boring and rough wall into a thing of beauty.
A number of years ago I went through a period of drawing much darker drawings and the same with the paintings I was doing.
There was lots going on in the background which caused this, or that made my emotions react in this way, but these are some of the things I produced.
I think that when my emotions are going a bit wild in a good or bad way, then I do my best work, and when im flat in any way, whether just moseying along, or flat through exhaustion or emotional overload, I can't create anything really, and what I do looks forced
I know writers always talk about writers block as the sudden stopping of inspiration to write, and how debilitating it is for them, and how it isn't linked to anything particular - but just happens.
Well, there is definitely something called Painters Block and that's me right now. So I'll just talk about some of the amazing art stuff I saw at Latitude last weekend, not painting related per se, but art and literature definitely.
It was a great festival this year and is the first time Ive been in nearly 10 years, so I was a but uncertain about the whole thing, going there on my own completely, as previously Ive been with a group of people. But it was a good laugh. The neighbours in the camp site were a laugh, and the facilities the best Ive ever seen, with toilets and showers clean, usable and the water hot at any time I went to the shower. Queues for them were long but that only meant a 40 minute wait, which wasn't horrendous.
The camp site was about 1km from the main entrance, so I got a lot of walking in this year (50km in total), which was a good counter to the excellent food that was on sale. Not too expensive either.
This is also the first year I have watched more in other tents than the main arena or the music tents, watching a lot of literature, poetry, podcasts and discussions by authors. I found that really interesting, especially the podcast recordings that were done on site.
I think that the most interesting one was by a charity called Tender, who work in schools, amongst other places, to support teachers and kids in acting for healthy relationships, dealing with toxic masculinity, and worse within classes https://tender.org.uk/).
The other session I really enjoyed was Luke Wright who is a poet from Essex Ive seen before but this was really enjoyable. ( https://www.lukewright.co.uk/).
Musically I saw Sting, Fatboy Slim, Elbow, and others but I think by favourite was Pale Waves who were just right for the afternoon, prior to the Euro Finals which was shown on the large screens in the site, and watching the Lionesses beat Spain in the final. That was such a fitting ending to the festival for me, and I ended up heading back after Elbow, and enjoyed a relaxing drive back, relaxing in my own bed that night.
Art Sales This week is sale week on my Etsy site so if you're looking for something original to hang on your wall that hasn't been c...
