ANTIBES PAINTING
Recording the progress of my Antibes painting. It’s not doing what I want. My latest thought is to redraw the composition as portrait rather than landscape; to get the feeling that the studio is high up and the boy in red is looking up at it. I want to create a sense of slight eeriness and fear but at the same time retain the beauty of the Mediterranean sea. Not easy.
I bought secondhand on Amazon on de Stael. This helped to evoke the spirit of place in the painting.
Keep looking and making sketches of the Waterfront at Ipswich. It’s tantalising; there’s a painting there but up till now I couldn’t decide how to tackle it. Talking to Simon Carter, plus the de Stael book has given me an idea which I must have a go at it soon.
Simon said any object or view is only a subject on which to hang a painting. I like that thought – it helps.
