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Category Archives: Painting
Caol Áit – A Thin Place
I’d not heard of thin places until just a couple of weeks ago, from Wheel of Seasons. It seems I’m one of the very few who are not familiar with the expression. And yet, it is such an apt description … Continue reading
Posted in Aesthetics, Art, Creativity, Painting
Tagged Bachelard, Cairns, Caol Ait, Celtic Spirituality, Dolmen, Hermit, Poetic Mapping, Rilke, Thin Places
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Eco Printing on Deli Paper
I’ve done very little eco-printing in 2021, concentrating instead, on a return to painting. The programmes I’ve been taking part in have introduced me to a good many different ways of starting and progressing a painting, including various ways of … Continue reading
Autumn Is Come
“Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.” – Elizabeth Lawrence
Posted in Art, Artist Sketchbooks, Drawing, Painting, Quotes
Tagged Autumn Colours, Coloured Drawing, Drawing, Sumac
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More Home-Made Brushes
Though comical to look at, I do like the double-ended home-made brush with shuttlecock at one end and paper bag handles at the other. I had this plastic tube in my stash of stuff waiting to become useful. I decided … Continue reading
Tubes and Triangles
“A house that has been experienced is not an inert box. Inhabited space transcends geometrical space.” ― Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space I haven’t had much time for art this week. I was determined yesterday to grab some, were … Continue reading
Books and Bookmarks
“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.” Louisa May Alcott 160 Quotes about Books and Reading
Posted in Art, Painting, Quotes
Tagged Acrylic Painting, Acrylic Painting on Paper, Louisa May Alcott, Painting
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An Art Challenge: Day 1
Limbering up, loosening up much as a dancer or a singer does before a performance, with nothing in mind but a single word. For me this was EXPLORATION. I explored acrylic inks, watercolour inks, graphite pencil, felt tip pens, a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Mixed Media, Painting
Tagged Acrylic Inks, Felt Tip Pens, Graphite Pencil, Home-made Artist's Brush, Mixed media, Watercolour inks
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A Return to Painting II
This is the second in my series of 12″x12″ (c30xc30cms) acrylic painting series ‘L’Isle-Adam’. (Despite the fact it’s labelled ‘L’Isle-Adam IV’!) It isn’t as grainy as this but it has been enormously difficult to photograph and this is the best … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Drawing, Painting
Tagged Abstraction, Acrylic Painting, Cy Twombly, Energy Painting, Mark-Making, Painting on Wood Panels
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Poetic Mapping: Walking Into Art 