So this one is big - 24 x 36 Inches and has been a few different paintings. The original painting was landscape, with some interesting shapes and some painting that I liked, but the subject was ultimately unappealing to me. So I turned it portrait direction and in Bob Lahotan style I looked for something, somewhere in the original painting to begin with again. Eventually it happened but the second image referred to a 5 minute sketch from life drawing and although it had potential, I didn't believe it. In Septmeber, I had thought I'd do a series of hat paintings based on a trip to a day of open gardens when I followed a hat around. That felt like another place to begin again so I painted in the figure. It needed more stuff, so amoung other things, our bowl, lamp and sideboard appeared today.
I continue to struggle with tight and loose, how much to define, colour and grey, line and all that decorative.
I think my mother would recognize similar painting on her folding screen, so maybe this is how I paint, my handwriting?
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