Over past few months I have moved away from a planned out approach to painting to a more intuitive, see what happens way, leaving critical evaluation towards final stages.
This feels much more joyful and allows the painting to evolve and develop at its own pace.
When I have approached painting other way round, ie planning out design and values, it feels laboured, contrived and frankly boring, leaving no room for spontaneity and surprise.
I hope this approach will allow me to keep moving, changing, continuously searching for the new. Turning out variations on same theme would be a creativity kill joy for me, more like painting by numbers than making an authentic original piece of work. In these photos you will see new work developing, beginning with a mood board influenced by Northern seas. First small oil paintings made on wooden panels, exploring interesting designs, textures and atmosheres. The paint I am using deepest, darkest indigo, pale blue and gold. Some large canvas also in progress.
Next newsletter Spring 2024
