I had an encouraging email from Andrew Bryant, the Artists talking Online Editor, encouraging me to continue by blog. I must confess a lack of confidence talking here as my style of work is definately figurative. The contemporary art scene does not share my values.
However … I know that for my work to develop I need to think a lot harder about where my work is going. I live in a world that does not want to hear my ‘art’s bollocks’ . So here goes and please bear with the baby steps. Starting straight into my present project … a series of small 18.0 x 12.0 cm oils on coarse canvas (forces me to forget detail) looking the part of my village I call ‘home’.
Here is an initial sketch showing The Bartholomew Rooms. It is a small medieval building which only has small windows on the ground floor which makes it very claustrophobic. I saw this view when sitting at pub tables opposite and liked the way that figures both blocked my view in but also attracted my eye in …
