We are so lucky to live in a time when you can buy alizarin crimson and cerulean blue in tubes-
imagine the Old Masters grinding away forever to get brown...
I once found a quote to the effect that in every painting, there is a place
where the artist fell in love with the work- i don't know who said that but i think it is true.
For me, my paintings are like visual places that are 'other' to
the mundane state of being- a journey taken without having to leave the room,
as in meditation or prayer.
imagine the Old Masters grinding away forever to get brown...
I once found a quote to the effect that in every painting, there is a place
where the artist fell in love with the work- i don't know who said that but i think it is true.
For me, my paintings are like visual places that are 'other' to
the mundane state of being- a journey taken without having to leave the room,
as in meditation or prayer.
'The Zone" 2010 oil pastel on paper, framed
'Unexpected Revelation' 2010 watercolour and coloured pencil 27cm by 32cmframed
"Horses" 2007 framed watercolour 31cm by 42cm
the diagonal lines are the reason that you should never photograph behind glass-oh well, it
is still one of my favourite pictures, maybe because i am born in the Chinese year of the Horse?
the diagonal lines are the reason that you should never photograph behind glass-oh well, it
is still one of my favourite pictures, maybe because i am born in the Chinese year of the Horse?
