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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”.
For the love of green things
I am working on a series of plant-inspired paintings for Cambridge Open Studios 2024. I'm in the research stage in
Old Man and his Donkey
An old man and his donkey in another scene from the country farmers' market of Had Draa.
The Green Man
How an experiment with acrylic gouache colours ended up as an Elvish Green Man portrait
Vegetable Apocalypse
A post-apocalyptic view of the West Tower of Ely Cathedral. In this future, it is being overcome by stranglings figs
Some fabulous women
The First Supper contains the names of a number of well-known women who inspire me. Here are some mini-bios with
The First Supper
In place of Jesus' disciples at the Last Supper, twelve women discuss how to fix the world. This meeting, for
Essaouira inside the Medina
I am still having a good time, keeping life in Essaouira in mind. A friend is supplying reference photos, complete