on achieving a perfect lichen-ness [part two]
the lichen-ness continues, though not that much further on in the process… lichenscape I (a working title) has suffered some surface erosion, in the manner of the real elements – i am not scared. many...
View Articlefaux, the love of artifice
some thoughts on the wider significance of the lichens… it seems quite simple – they signify life amongst the decay, a sign of gentle renewal, the circle of life, the quiet resilience of nature, all...
View Articleon found drawings and lost paintings
i went out for a little lichen reconnaissance yesterday; i had to remind myself just how diminutive these living, symbiotic organisms called lichens really are, having lost somewhat any sense of the...
View Articleon achieving a perfect lichen-ness [part three]
the current state of play, the ongoing engagement with the surface, shown here in the sixth (current) state… the lichens have landed (but are likely to populate still further)… there have been many,...
View Articlemore grey sky thinking, out of the blue
more cloud gazing this week, torrential rain all day on tuesday (a typically british summer’s day) – this was the view from the window at about 6pm… a room with a view i hadn’t really noticed how...
View Articlebreaking through the surface [paintings in progress]
more painting activity, paintings that are resurfacing again, breaking the surface tension in the matter of paint – developed from a liking for lichen-ness, off the wall and onto canvas… unearthing new...
View Articlere: surfacing, once again
resurfacing, from some dark days spent in the artist’s studio… it has been raining quite a lot lately but today was bright and breezy. august is now always such a washout; it never used to be like...
View Articleon artworks and new paintings
the artworks 11th annual exhibition opened to the public at blackthorpe today… i am a new member of this professional group of thirty east anglian artists… and this year the environment and mankind’s...
View Articlelichenscape, a material world in macro
lichenscape I is one of my recent paintings currently on show in a mixed contemporary art exhibition at the harleston gallery, norfolk. here is the painting in situ, above a dark grey marble fireplace...
View Articleseven ways at wymondham arts centre
Four very small paintings in the Seven Ways art exhibition, which has just opened at Wymondham* Arts Centre. My large painting, lichenscape, and some of my wabi sabi relic bowls on display… four...
View Articleon digging, drawing and discovering a van gogh
last week i had a go at scaling up one of my own drawings … this one metre square print-out of a scanned lichen drawing came out quite well but the component parts were quite fiddly to join up with...
View Articleon achieving a perfect lichen-ness [part one]
some ‘in-progress’ images of a new painting… the warm, dry weather has helped speed things up… [6.30pm, wednesday] and, much earlier (or how this painting came into being)… i had previously primed and...
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