I read this poem many, many years ago when I was at school, and it stayed with me. I decided that when I was approaching a certain age, that I would adopt this very policy. As I am now in my forties and fifty is imminent I think it is now time to cultivate my batty and eccentric persona. I believe I now qualify to join the Red Hat Society. I have a red hat, but yet no purple. This shall of course be remedied.
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Created specifically for ‘Against the Tide‘ at the Oxmarket Centre of Arts (June 13th to 25th) in Chichester. Acrylic on 10×10 deep edged canvas. Very nearly a ‘fail’ and abandoned, but I managed to pull it back. The segments were quite hard work. Bleding with acrylic paint on the canvas is quite tricky, much easier on water colour paper (natrually) or with oil paints. Quite happy with it in the end.
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I am a lazy artist, and have a backlog of new work which needs scanning. Some illustrations, aceos etc. So, I decided to get on with it. However, I hate scanning and (and subsequently cleaning for prints), but…forced myself to get on with it. Here are a couple of offerings. One is a hybrid of ink and prismacolor markers on A4 heavy weight smooth paper. The original is not for sale, but I will be releasing as a print. The black and white one is in ink on A5 paper, and is for sale.
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Well sort of. Truth is, two of these paintings which I completed last year and early this year, I have been unable to photograph properly due to lack of decent light. So, prior to my laptop dying and frying (more on that in another post), I was able to photograph some paintings, and scan a new illustration.
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