moving on….

It seems an age since I last left a post. Things are moving along slowly but surely. The frames are complete and look beautifully uniform and the images of the pigeon story are in the process of being selected. I initially anticipated using sixteen but am now narrowing down to ten as I don't want to over tell the tale. The nice thing about working from my studio space is that I can walk away from my selection and view again with fresh eyes on my return, make a few tweeks and start the refining process again. Time as always is precious as I seem to find myself working on different projects either personal or otherwise, Home of Metal is one that I am currently a volunteer for. The website is due to be launched this Saturday which is also the first of the events at Wolverhampton Art Gallery 10am-4.30pm. I will make the site name known if anyone is interested in a peek…..

Why is it that all the 'small' jobs seem to take so long to do? In preparation for the pigeon's epic story to be told I have spent what seems like hours (and probably is) preparing sixteen small frames. Tenderly sanding and then painting white with a beautiful farrow and ball emulsion. Coat number three may happen tomorrow after an in between sanding. I do begin to wonder if I become slightly transfixed with an end feeling of possible perfection in appearance…..

It is not in fact the frame that is the important factor but rather the content of which I am working on. Maybe the obsessive rendering is the cathartic bit that makes the brain cogs work to produce the content?