LONDON 10th MAY
Deleted my last post. Hope not too many people saw it. Full of doom & gloom.
Panic set in & confidence deserted me so took myself up to London to see Joan Eardley at the Portland Gallery. Her work really resonates with me. She had a style all her own and just got on with painting the way she wanted…. very emotionally charged and oozing with a sense of place…the wild Scottish sea.
Suddenly remembered how I used to love experimenting with mixed media…just picking up whatever seemed appropriate to the subject matter. After visiting RA exhibition of George Bellowes … liked his early expressive stuff best, naturally, I went to Cass Art and bought some lovely thick oil-sticks.
Today (Sunday 12th) feeling better, am just playing around with mixed media. Started with a self-portrait and now tackling reeds along the edge of rivers. This from memory + photos I took recently. See where it takes me.
