‘Morning, Vines’ Oil on Canvas 36 x 48cm © The Artist. Wet, rainy here in the Dordogne these last two weeks. Been doing all those jobs that free up time in the summer for teaching, exhibiting & painting. Most importantly, my tax returns. ‘slower paintings’ And finishing off ‘slower paintings’ in the studio such as…
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Plum Blossom _ Ruskin on Imagination
‘Plum Blossom’ Oil on Canvas 61 X 31 cm © The Artist. Ruskin on Imagination : Wholly in proportion to the intensity of feeling which you bring to the subject you have chosen, will be the depth and justice of your perception of its character (16.370) Modern PaintersThere is reciprocal action between the intensity of…
Caves in art – Ruskin
‘Inside Looking Out’ Watercolour & Ink. 25 x 32cm © The Artist. Actually it’s not a cave but an overhang. RUSKIN on Landscape painting The landscape painter must always have two great and distinct ends: the first to induce in the spectator’s mind the faithful conception of any natural objects whatsoever; the second, to…
Rock Formations – John Ruskin – Prehistoric Shelters in the Dordogne
a prehistoric shelter… Crazy cliff faces that I wrote about in ‘how-to-draw-rocks’ & elsewhere… click on the rock category to see them all. The above watercolour portrays a prehistoric shelter. These ancient places for me feel charged with … our beginnings as a species. What was once there & what might be there…
More Old Rocks in Watercolour & Ink -1999
‘Crack in the Rocks’ 1999 Watercolour. 25 x 32cm © The Artist. Here we go digging out ‘the old,old past’ to fill up the blog… Not much of a fan of that…silly old blog, who cares…. Opening old portfolios can take up time & attention that may well be better spent on new work.…
Double Fold A5 Sketchbook of my travels in Egypt
‘Tomb of Ramose’ R55 XVIII Dynasty, New Kingdom, Armarna Period 2001 Ink Double Fold A5 Sketchbook © The Artist. Double Fold A5 Sketchbook of my travels in Egypt Getting ready for a trip to the Egypt Collection in the Louvre in Paris … Fascination lasts, not just a red herring. Another one of those ‘influences’…
THe Great Sphinx of Giza – Watercolour
The Great Sphinx of Giza Fascination lasts. Some disconfabulation : The Great Sphinx of Giza is an Old Kingdom Sphinx & is not to be confused with the later day Sphinx of Oedipus & the Greeks. Though the riddle of its meaning remains. Orion Belt astrological figure dating from Altantis? Sekhmet Lioness of…
Happy Easter – a fauve Easter bunny in chocolate!
joking apart, animals are looming large on my horizon…sphinx, owls & now chocolate bunnies?
Watercolour of The Great Sphinx of Giza
WORK IN PROGRESS UNFINISHED STATE DETAIL : ‘The Great Sphinx of Giza’ 2008 Watercolour. 60 x 77cm © The Artist.
Watercolour of Edfou Temple, Egypt.
WORK IN PROGRESS : Watercolour made in the studio from a quick sketch & some colour notes done on the spot, a reference photo & memory, shortly after my visit to Egypt in 2001. Part of my ongoing & unfinished project… my homage to Egypt the Eternal… :: Carnet de Voyage :: Egypt:: ‘Edfou’…