Making it abstract – moving further

The next stage - working from a black and white photocopy of my painting of Meghan, I masked off different sections in quite a random way.  This is a simple composition so the options were limited.  I did two stages, trying for a richer and…

Making it abstract

I have spent some years now in learning how to create a figurative illusion of reality.  But I want to go deeper and explore the links between the subject and my inner self.  At the moment I am making a series of oil paintings depicting the…

Painting project “Melanie”

                               A study of a bucking Clydesdale yearling became a challenge, as I moved from quick studies of movement to an analysis of the underlying anatomy.  I at last realised that for me it is essential…

Sol Lewitt’s brilliant advice

In 1965 young sculptor Eva Hesse wrote to conceptual artist Sol Lewitt complaining of creative block.  This is what he told her:"Just stop thinking, worrying, looking over your shoulder wondering, doubting, fearing, hurting, hoping for…

“The Nature of the Horse” exhibition 2-16 July 2022

THE NATURE OF THE HORSE  exhibition  “We need animals.  Animals don’t need us, but we need them.  We constantly look for any kind of connection we can possibly get to them”.  Britta Jaschinski, photographer.   My own creative…
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Painting project “Blue Horses”

Here are paintings  of the Konik breed of wild horses at Wicken Fen Nature Reserve in Norfolk.  I spotted a clip on a tv programme about re-wilding.  I loved the proud and natural way the horses were bonding with each other, and I quickly…

Painting Project “Leo”

My third subject is a wonderful Australian warmblood stallion.  He is a muse for me.  This time I am working in oil paint.  I have made three studies with oil on canvas, and also tried to abstract the feeling and colours from each one, using…

Leith School of Art 16th October

A great day at Leith School of Art, Edinburgh in the "Paint the Dance" course taught by  Mira Koche with fabulous dancer Sky and a dedicated group of fellow artists.Here is the piece I like the best.  It started as a series of sketches…

Painting project “Green Ponies”

I am returning once more to this theme after a year (see blog dated 10th October 2020), as I work on paintings that form part of my Edinburgn exhibition scheduled for July 2022.I am now looking at the subject in a different way, more abstractly,…

Painting project “Piebald Ponies”

 Above (left) is a photograph of the pony cob family in a field near me.  I pass them often in my walks and have a collection of photos.  In this post I describe how I developed the photograph into a more finished art work (right)The…