Art can be very serious and it’s nice now and again to just have a bit of fun and play with it. I stuck my fingers in some kids’ poster paints and splatted them onto a sheet of sturdy paper. It was fun but also I got effects I wouldn’t normally when I paint becauseContinue reading “A Finger Of Fun…”
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One Day I Did Some Abstract Expressionism….
It was twelve years ago, in a Moment of Madness. I worked in oil bars onto a huge piece of cardboard stapled to the wall of my studio. I don’t know why I came over all Abstract Expressionist and I haven’t done it since. I didn’t really know where to go with it so itContinue reading “One Day I Did Some Abstract Expressionism….”
I Should Do More …..
I was rummaging through my archive files and spotted this portrait of fellow artist Patti McKenna that I did back in 2014 for an exhibition in Fringe Arts Bath. I’ve never really thought of myself as much of a painter, or portraitist, but looking back at this after 10 years, I really like it andContinue reading “I Should Do More …..”
Gilding Again.
Here’s the second piece I made on my training course with the most excellent glass artist Lisa Burkl the other day. Step 1: Paint a design onto the outside of a clean glass bowl with acrylic pens and paints. Leave it to dry. Step 2: Cover the painted area thinly with glue (it’s a specialContinue reading “Gilding Again.”
Work In Progress: Miner’s Wives 2.
Here’s a second version of a screen print transparency I’m making about the glorious South Wales Miner’s Wives from the 1984-1985 strike. It’s based on some pen and ink sketches from contemporary press photos and I’m trying out different materials to redraw the image onto Mark Resist film. This is drawn with Lihtographic Tusche and an Isabey squirrelContinue reading “Work In Progress: Miner’s Wives 2.”
Grym : Power.
The rough hewn cut-marks gouged into the lino form cloisons that enclose shiny jewels of metallic watercolours. The block is printed in the deepest black oil-based ink onto a Japanese HoSho paper and when dry, watercolour paints are applied with the finest Isabey squirrel brushes. I’ve been working on a collaborative project with the multi-disciplinaryContinue reading “Grym : Power.”
Faking It (Again)
A few weeks into the first Covid19 Lockdown in the Spring of 2020, the artist Ed Sumner started the “Cheese and Wine Painting Club” every Friday afternoon on Facebook Live. It was open to anyone, from anywhere, all ages, free for those who couldn’t afford to make a donation, and over the long months ofContinue reading “Faking It (Again)”
Metallic Bits …
I’ve been working on a typographic linocut recently, a collaboration with the awesome Welsh rapper and multi-disciplinary artist Rufus Mufasa and nine other women artists in Wales . She’s about to release her new bilingual album Tri(ger) Warning(s), which has been steered by a number of key Welsh language words. Each artist has chosen oneContinue reading “Metallic Bits …”
Brand New …..
…PAINTS!!!!!! I love unwrapping things! I bought these months ago but decided not to open them until I needed to ….. and that was today. Look at the lovely packaging/ I’m going to tease you and not let you see these luscious little beauties in all their glory until tomorrow. Mwahahahahaha 😀 😀 😀
A Strange Thing Happened: The Covid Archives 1.
It’s nearly 4 years since the UK Covid19 Lockdown started. We didn’t know then that it would go on for nearly 2 years. A strange thing happened to me – I started to paint. I hadn’t done any painting since my early days at Swansea Art College back in the 1970s, but something about theContinue reading “A Strange Thing Happened: The Covid Archives 1.”
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