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Untitled blog post from "Veltas Journey Displaced"
I cannot believe I haven’t updated my blog since October. However a lot of unplanned circumstances have taken over the last few weeks but now I am back on track! My paintings are on target. I have averaged 2 per […]
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Untitled blog post from "Veltas Journey Displaced"
On the wall of my studio I drafted out a time-line for Veltas’ Journey’ which bullet points the 18 months of her displacement in time and events. I have not moved from the first bullet point! There are 5 canvases […]
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Untitled blog post from "Veltas Journey Displaced"
My progress has been phenominal since I had the opportunity to use this large unit through ‘Point Blank’ an organisation who have access to empty spaces, when businesses have left or stopped trading and the landlords, (bless their souls) support […]
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Untitled blog post from "Veltas Journey Displaced"
Well I have been very active in the ways to create images from the never ending chaos of my imagination which is switched on, seemingly, 24 hours a day to do justice to ‘Veltas Journey’. To remind me of the […]
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Untitled blog post from "Veltas Journey Displaced"
The inspiration behind this exhibition came directly from the images derived from my mothers storytelling of her time in WW2 as a displaced person, the conditions she faced, the perilous journey, her innocence and naivety, her ultimate survival. e.g. The […]
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Untitled blog post from "Springboard into the pool of Surrealism with knobs-on"
Setting up on friday brought unexpected delays which caused a us a bit of panic however the paintings were up and the installation, despite no title labels until the evening of private view. The private view was fantastic and a […]
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Untitled blog post from "Springboard into the pool of Surrealism with knobs-on"
Busy is an understatement, the work is progressing nicely but the preparations for the Exhibition (on the 16th-25th May, NSAT Gallery, St Lukes House, Friars Lane, Nottingham) are pulling me away from the doing and into the planning. What I […]
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Untitled blog post from "Springboard into the pool of Surrealism with knobs-on"
I have had a particular painting I have been working on for about four weeks. I have to add to it and then put it away as it is pulling me into a an uncomfortable dark place. I have picked […]
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Untitled blog post from "Springboard into the pool of Surrealism with knobs-on"
I have in the pipeline another piece of work towards my exhibition. Felt alot calmer when a friend, after seeing some of my drawings expressed a liking for one I had rejected as not suitable to paint. I keep an […]
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Untitled blog post from "Springboard into the pool of Surrealism with knobs-on"
I have to admit that my inspirational overflow and the way I have been tackling it has resulted in zero constructiveness. In future I am not going to follow through other 'non relevant to the present project ideas' by investing […]
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Untitled blog post from "Springboard into the pool of Surrealism with knobs-on"
Prepared two more canvases for immediate use and three others to dry for future use. This will save me some time for when I am ready to paint on them. I am disgusted with my on-line paint supplier when I […]
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Untitled blog post from "Springboard into the pool of Surrealism with knobs-on"
OK! Lots of intangible spinning and braking going on unseen in my mind, while I discover and rediscover another inspirational idea, only to realise when I try to formulate it, that it disappears as quickly as it materialised. I do […]