The walls in my house are mostly bare. Six paintings are now at the TSB centre in Wellington for this years NZArtShow 2018 [caption id="attachment_20371" align="aligncenter" width="1536"] Recent paintings on the walls of Lester & Hilarys home.[/caption] ...
I am at the happy stage of life where I am now free to make paintings of my own choosing. Some will say I am retired and art is a hobby. I can understand that, I could not live off the three or four sales...
I look at a photograph and I know I am looking at a place or a person or a time in particular. The photographer may make a decision regarding composition, what to leave out, what to include, whether to use a big camera or an...
(I find them in artists that I call mentors, I don’t know any of them, I just pore over art books or watch them talk on u tube) They make art that is just about looking, there is no narrative, there is no event illustrated...
A figurative artwork is a thought or an idea made visible even if the thought is just a dog, bunch of flowers, fruit, girl, place or a collection of bottles. It does not need much detail, just enough to indicate the thought, everything else...
Here is a screen shot of a drawing I am making. I am using a program called Affinity Studio plus Astropad on my iPad Pro. It is a steep learning curve for me, so moving slowly and the drawing will hopefully be a lot more...
A chance meeting with a blackbird while out walking, not sure if the blackbird is still around, but everything else has gone as there is a large hotel here. This painting is now done. I will try for two versions here. This painting is one...
I like blackbirds though here I have produced a blue one, I like the way they are free and often get in the way while one is gardening. They don't seem too bothered about us, just content to find a worm or two. I have started...
It is a feeling of relief when the final coat of matt varnish is applied. I feel that is the trickiest part of the process, if it goes wrong here it is very hard to correct. All good though, I am busy doing a drawing...
I am almost there, just a couple of aircraft to complete. This painting is probably the midpoint in a painting style transition, so stay tuned, I will put some thoughts in the next post and even ...