New work and other things

Since last updating this blog, which I accept is not done as often as it usefully could/should be, I have re-worked three paintings in acrylic. They are on canvas and originally painted solely with a painting knife but now I have modified their appearance by using a brush and other implements including a painting knife and clay-shapers to bring them closer to my current vision of the subject in each case.

Each painting is entitled with a haiku poem. The first is -
A hard silent light
Grips the autumn undergrowth
Frozen in the sun

The second -

Evening sun warms
Scarlet glows the relict hedge
Heart of the country

The third -

Cool blue leaf green
Liquid light white blast
Thrust down deep brown

Christmas is over, though we have the New Year celebrations to come. My present this year was a Nikon D80 for which I am very grateful and will now have to spend some time learning how to use. Maybe I will post some of the results on here - if they are worth it.

Work has started on extending the size of my studio. It will look like a standard rectangular conservatory with double-glazed units for walls and polycarbonate roof. The aim is to get as much light into it as possible. It provides me with a largish wall along the back which I will use to hang paintings for viewing, should I get the opportunity to show them. As a member of Art on the Map - Lincolnshire Open Studios I would expect to take part in the project next year. However, there have been many changes to the Steering Group that manages the project each year on behalf of us members. Since the AGM in October I have heard nothing about what is being planned for next year. As for the web site for Art on the Map that has been dormant and undeveloped for months and is quite useless as a source of information and debate.