Saturday, April 30, 2011

Beginning Adelheid

Beginnings of a new painting for Arion. Made to measure to fit a frame picked up from a hard rubbish collection.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Marlo

After the last of the Easter Services we drove to Marlo to camp with friends who were already there. It's long drive from here 3 and a half hours, but for some reason I found it alright. Maybe it was the vitamin b that I took just before we left. I know this may sound a bit odd, but years ago I took a vitamin b in the evening and then couldn't sleep and when I mentioned it to a doctor friend she said yes vitamin b will do that. I enjoyed drinking in the scenery. In Marlo we settled in with our friends. We arrived not long before dinner, which was meat spit roasted over coals and vegetables roasted in a camp oven. By the time we'd finished eating it was dark and we were sitting around the campfire enjoying the ebb and flow of the conversation. 
The activity and inactivity of the next two days was walking, reading, eating, going to Cape Conran, walking to the pub for a drink as the sunset disappointingly over Snowy. and talking.
Then there was the packing up. The last coffee with most of the camping party before they headed off. Those of us who tarried a bit longer went for picnic lunch in the bush at some falls that were disappointingly dry.
We drove homeward.


 The Snowy and the sea
 Near Cape Conran

 Sunset from the deck at the pub
Pink Heath the State Flower

Friday, April 15, 2011

Some paintings

Adeen [1]


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Some small paintings.
Adelajda

 Adebat

 Adeleine

 Adela

 Adelaine

 Adela

 Adelard


Saturday, April 9, 2011

Addie complete and a new work begun

I feel sort of satisfied with Addie now. I find lots of passages of relationships, between shapes and colours satisfying, but the whole a little awkward. However, sometimes I think that I need this discomfort to make me pay attention to what is happening.

Here is my next work, whose name I can't remember, but with which at this early stage I'm quite happy. I composed the shapes onto the paper and then used a ruler and various containers and bottles to work with the curves to define the shapes. Then I used a pencil to add some textures to the surface. Followed by white paint in parts and then a glaze of albumin. Next I need to apply colour and ground. As always I search for delight.

Since I last posted. Some things

  Some work in various mediums. Mostly watercolour, but also pencil and tempera.