Becoming invisible

You may think it’s crazy to be spending so much time in making something invisible.  Less outstanding.  More able to be taken for granted.
But the obvious framing of our doorways, and walls with rusty brown coloured wood, and oppressively similarly-hued hollow-core doors has been making me sad and annoyed for years now.
And it’s freaky (considering [...]

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Vacant obsessions

Our obsessions are many in this house.
Zara collects, sorts, catalogues.  Her own interests, but also those of her brother.

That’s a robot (not her brother) and the bit between the legs is actually the bit on the back to wind it up in case you were wondering.
Her brother is obsessed by robots with the plan to [...]

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Re-store

It never lasts long – that pristine perfection.  Empty space stretching out, inviting blissful reflection on nothing.
Slowly, it creeps back in.  I’ll do it later, tonight, tomorrow.  I’ll do it all at once in a big whirl of economical activity and just sit for now.
Or go for a walk.
My house is still tidy(ish) – 2 [...]

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Anniversary

Anniversary, 2008, oil on linen, 51cm x 51cm
The work is finished.  Hurrah!  Thanks to those who left warm comments on the previous post.

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Second session

Work in progress.
Second session on this work last night.
I’m really pleased with the way this work is progressing, and I think I have found, in some recent works another texture device that comes naturally and works for me.  It’s quite a good feeling, to step back and analyse what you are doing and how you [...]

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work in progress.
It’s been a while since I posted a painting.  Not through lack of painting, just because there has been some experimenting going on, which is not so thrilling to show, and also because I have been working solidly, and in short bursts on my 3 paintings for the Linden Postcard show.  I can’t [...]

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