I started painting during the early days of the pandemic lockdown after a break of decades (I’m a printmaker and scribbler). I joined the Cheese and Wine Painting Club on Facebook and painted along with artist Ed Sumner weekly for about 18 months. I was pleased with most of the work I did but there are a few that I really hate! I’m of that generation brought up to “Waste Not, Want Not” so I recycled these canvases for reuse today.
I had a tub of acrylic gesso knocking around so I grabbed a stiff spatula and shlepped it over the offending images. I put it on thickly to create a textured surface to use for new paintings.



Much as we all would like to imagine that ‘posterity’ would value everything we ever made, I think this is the right decision. Anyway, you never know, in some future ‘Fake or Fortune’ the experts might be thrilled to discover evidence of your early influences hidden under one of your later materpieces!😊
Picasso painted over loads of his – and others 😀
All these colours are so beautiful 😍😍😍
Thanks Fairy Queen 🙂