Creating: An occasional discourse and diatribe

not long been back from France…working in watercolour with narrative upon narrative upon narrative.

The garden we're building is coming to completion and the client coincidentally is a University French tutor. Buddhism is big in her daily life and I've designed a garden in sympathy with this calming set of beliefs. All on a budget so there have been compromises…she's happy.

pissing down…excellent. I'm shattered…we took four tons out of a garden then put four tons in. All the form-work is constructed for the curved path and now it's pissing down…I'm happy…my studio beckons…but when it stops raining we must carry on…pray for rain!

August…how long does a painting take? I know how long a piece of string is because I have a tape measure…but a painting is measured in the mind.

I make a mark and it defines a moment, I make another mark and it defines the space between these moments. I'm in no hurry to make my next mark, I'm simply enjoying the incomplete, undefined and unfolding image.

It's a beautiful way of working…a contemplative approach where every mark, every moment…matters…

France was hot hot hot…much painting done…not

Anyway, I was busy, busybusybusy cutting curved paths through the meadow, pruning the cherry trees and moving the wood pile…

Emily's silent retreat with the L'Arche community north of Paris has been inspiring. Working with the defence industry is not particularly conducive with her creative potential, so fundamental changes will be made to both our lives…

…at last my website text has been updated, but there are so many images I'd like to add…all in good time…

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