Acrylic on Canvas 91 x 61 cm
As I was working to complete this painting the sun was shining brightly into my studio and I was feeling that finally I was getting back into painting after having had a long interval away from my studio during Covid-19. There were many and various reasons for this lack of creativity and these are slowly dissipating.
I am beginning to see the world afresh and more clearly again and the song ‘Lovely Day’ by Bill Withers became an ear worm in my head!
Bold, bright, cheerful and uplifting I found myself singing and dancing to this song around my painting which seemed full of positivity, love, movement, and dancing colour, and the title became obvious!
Acrylic on Canvas 91 x 61 cm
Painted using fluid thin layers of ink and acrylic paint overlaid with thickly applied acrylic using a palette knife this image reminds me of wild exhilarating walks along the shore where I grew up. Ambling home from school and squealing in delight as the breakers crashed over the rocks soaking my friends, and me! All our polished black school shoes were rimmed with white salt from dried sea water.
Shoe cleaning with thick black polish was a common chore.
Two verses of the poem ‘The Rising of the Storm’, after which I titled of my painting, by Paul Laurence Dunbar
make me smile and recall those youthful carefree days.
Now the winds well up
From the earth’s deep cup,
And fall on the sea and shore,
And against the pier
The waters rear
And break with a sullen roar.
And the waters leapt,
And the wild winds swept,
And blew the moon in the sky,
And I laughed with glee,
It was joy to me
As the storm went raging by!
Acrylic on Canvas 91 x 91cm
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Painted after a long time away from my studio, during 2020 and 2021, I am finding my creative flow again. This painting is my first recently completed work and as such expresses the fire within me, reawakening my passion and my need to find time to do the thing that makes me feel alive.
Acrylic on Canvas 50 x 50 cm
A painting comes together when I pour paint and random shapes and colour mixes occur. I manipulate areas and paint over unsuccessful parts and this time this happened – a bright and breezy shock of colour alluding to fresh growth and Springtime ahead.
Acrylic on Canvas 50 x 50 cm
Acrylic on Canvas 91 x 91 cm
Mixed Media on Canvas 40 x 40cm
For this painting I began as usual pouring water, pure pigment, binder and paint of various types onto the canvas and allowing the results to dictate where the image went and evolved. Then I added crushed pebbles, India ink, Plaster of Paris and more pure natural pigments which accidentally, subconsciously became an abstract snowy landscape – started before the wild snowy weather arrived and completed during.
‘Sometimes this just Happens’ is the title because it does! Just like our British weather – my paintings take on an unpredictable journey and may change utterly during their creation and from inspiration to completion.
Acrylic on Canvas 41cm x 41cm
Acrylic on Canvas 41cm x 41cm
