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My painting projects and their inspiration
These blog posts are each about a particular project and the idea or place that inspired it.
In addition, at some point I plan to write about other artists and how their work inspires mine.Â
Moreover, painting my passion for, therefore each piece refers to something I fell in love with. I hope you will feel this too. For example, surely many others will love the rich orange flesh of a cut pumpkin, contrasting its ridged green skin, as you will see in one of the six-inch paintings. It is also possible that an artist colleague will have experience of exploring similar ideas, colours and mediums (yes, we do say “mediums”, not “media”.
Palestine in colour
A project for the last two months of 2025 to represent my idea of Palestine in small gouache paintings. I
Inktober 2025
My highly enjoyable first experience of Inktober! One drawing per day in a tiny book.
Amanda responded to Jenny Saville
Early in August, I went to the National Portrait Gallery to see the Jenny Saville retrospective. Her approach to the
Wide Essaouira drawings
Three drawings of Essaouira street scenes, done in coloured pencil. I drew these early in the Pandemic. Two of them
Four piece abstraction
Examples of Four Piece Abstraction, built up from taking small but significant pieces of an original source image.
Small Pumpkins and Flowers
I enjoy a quick 15cm square painting and pumpkins (and other squashes) are beautiful.
Essaouira harbour incoming tide
A wide blue painting of water, sky, buildings and reflection