I've been doing some altered images lately and really enjoying them. and I thought some of you may be interested in the process. so firstly I took a few photo of one of my wips  while the paint was still wet. I was trying for obscure angles and interesting shapes. Then I took it into Artrage  on my lovely Samsung tablet and finished the work. Actually I made several images from one of the photos.
 It's a very versatile way of working and I like the results. What do you think. 

Below is the one of the original photos of the painting and the altered images

Anyone who has visited this blog before will know that my work is predominantly in bright saturated colours - colours which reflect my surroundings - yep still living in the med at the moment. Anyway I was talking to Andrew about these minimal palette paintings that I've been producing lately and apart from enjoying working this way I've been wondering why. He of the eminently sensible head said well since you've been ill you've been more or less confined to the house  so perhaps that's why - on reflection that probably is the reason. Anyway this is 60 by 60cms gold,white and of course charcoal. No name in sight as yet. As of 5 mins ago it has been named by Andrew RPG Storyboard. If you can think of one feel free to let me know .

Another little square 40 by 40cm painting. I really love working with this limited palette - the possiblities seem infinite at the moment, although knowing my butterfly brain - especially with all the meds at the moment ha - I may change my mind about that . Available

After a bit of a hiatus caused by horrible medical stuff plus a liberal dose of stress, I decided to try and get myself motivated, not easy, lack of creative thought plus lethargy have done their work. Anyway I've managed to finish this one yaya which I've called:

The Surveyor, it's a little 40 by 40cm acrylic and charcoal, limited palette painting. Available and affordable :). Enjoy

So despite or perhaps as an antidote to all the crap that's going on in our lives at the moment, I've produced this 60 by 60cm collage.

It was inspired (at least something is able to inspire me haha) by the PJ Harvey song Big Fish Little Fish

I hope it makes you smile

Why is it that when a large and seemingly well run company sells out to a shark said shark sets out to systematically ruin what has worked so well. The profits are already something that rivals can only strive to emulate. So why is it necessary to ruin peoples' lives, squashing anyone who doesn't toe the line. Someone who works hard, is diligent and intelligent - someone who merely questions certain practices which the new owners have put into place for which he is bullied and threatened. This company and particularly the self satisfied HR department show absolutely no empathy whatsoever for an employee of nearly 5 years, whose work never comes into question and whose partner - me - has been and still is, going through very worrying times healthwise including chemo - the first chemo is tomorrow. Why am I writing about this on my art blog you may wonder - well the reason is this - Frustration. Over the last 2 years I've been fighting for my health and sanity and to have to watch my kind and gentle man be pushed to his absolute limits by a bully as big as this company is making me more ill than I already am. Watching him slump unable to utter a word because he's been to  that horrible place in St Julians called his office makes me want to lash out. To think that he has wanted to work for this company for the last 12 years and this is how it treats him makes me want to vomit.Unfortunately like many other ordinary workers we're pretty powerless so any noise I can make however small may - just may help him and others.

Peace people.

We're only here once we should be enjoying it.

Not quite the flower shots I was thinking about posting - however this is another of my Artrage Digis - I'm having a ball with this prog., whats more I actually remembered to make this one big enough so that it can be printed poster sized - yay my brain still has funtionablility ha ha. I'm actually in the process of trying to paint an acrylic version of this cos I like it so much. Will post the canvas version when I'm happy with it

Away from most things tech - I wrote somewhere else all things tech then realized I was using a Samsung tablet a lot of the time - admittedly to paint on rather than to converse with anyone with but nevertheless it is a tech item - and a lovely one at that.

I went over to the UK to help out with mum's burgeoning garden. They've had the perfect growing weather in the south of England rain,sun,rain.thunder.sun the odd grey day. So in the garden there are triffids  sorry Lilies growing as tall as triffids, roses blooming everywhere and as for those stunning pansies - well words almost fail. I did say almost haha. But instead of posting flower pics I thought I'd show you my newish, smallish pretty cute studio. This was just a quick shot and if I get a grip I'll be doing a studio video with me actually working in it - wont that be fun haha - anyway here without further ado is said pic - flower shots to follow :)

Ok so not being very tech minded I was happy but a bit daunted when Andrew gave me a new Galaxy tablet as a gift (he's a sweetie). Anyway there are a couple of art progs on there and this is one of the first digi pieces to come from there.
Let me know what you think I have to say it was fun

A delicate harbinger of spring dances across the canvas leaving few marks just whispers of movement.

40 by 30 on unstretched canvas various inks and pens

Happy May Day everyone hope you're all having fun in the sun :)

This is the first triptych I've done in years - and it wasn't planned as one haha - well you know best laid plans and all that - actually I've just remembered the last one I did( triptych I mean), it was shown in a small spring exhibition the middle one was immediately sold and the other two sat there like wallflowers at a dance aaah I can hear you say, don't worry the other two eventually found new homes Starting with charcoal, as old as time and ending with acrylic contemporary, modern these pieces seem to encompass the cycle of life somehow

They can stand alone of course but I think they really belong together

40 by 40 cms on deep edged canvas

Snuck off to take this photo in the middle of the Clean earth day clean up at St Thomas Bay. I do wish people would take their crap with them instead of leaving it all over the place. Ok rant over :)

Here's a little sun flower also found along this rocky coastline

This painting is  a little weird,  it's a bit less abstract than  usual as well as being very quiet colourwise - apart from the gold. It was great fun to paint, well at least the first half was then there was about a month where no brush,knife or even fingers touched the canvas that's cos I had a lot of other stufff going on and I just couldn't paint really, well at least I couldn't do anything with this one, anyway here it finally is - 80 by 80 cm on deep edged canvas. Available

Wanted to do some cropping of paintings to upload later, chucked a painting into the scanner then had a total Duh moment where I couldn't remember the process once I'd scanned it :). ( it's the meds or at least that's my excuse ha ha). So after a few moments  of swearing I started to go through my copious notes, ramblings, ideas and so forth in the hope of finding the instructions in one of the many notebooks and pads which can be found lurking all over the house - that was it then straight down the rabbit hole I fell and here I am several hours (or is it days) later. I still haven't found the particular notes I originally wanted and can barely remember what I wanted them for and I've started to fill yet another notebook. How's your day been ?

Series 1

So this is one of 3 produced so far on 40 by 40 cm deep edged canvas, using charcoal and acrylic - the old and the contemporary I love the balance of using these two media, they seem to unite the past and the present

I thought it might be an idea to write about buying my paintings. Now although I've had this blog for many years I realize that you don't know me really - only what  I paint. Some of you may love a piece and some may want to own a piece but as you haven't actually met me you'll naturally want reassurance that I'm not about to make off with your hard earned cash - to that end I also have my work displayed with Saatchi - who are known globally and who (for a fee) will process payments and organize transportation of artworks.

I'm also to be found on FB  so you can always contact me there, if you'd like to get to know me a little better.If you buy durectly from me then the prices will naturally be lower than Saatchi's and unless you'd prefer to have work crated and shipped I usually ship rolled in a tube which is practical, convenient , fast and very reasonable. 

Here is the  Saatchi link :https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/768028

and Fb is: LAF ART/ Lyn Walters

or use my contact form

For all of the altered images you can go

Payments via Paypal are also possible

Done after another hospital stay and consultation. I literally couldn't get my head around the information I was being given, hence the title. 

It's an altered acrylic painting available in various formats from phone cases to pillows :https://fineartamerica.com/featured/off-her-head-laf-art.html

Feels like spring has sprung well at least in this neck of the woods - if it hasn't visited you yet patience my friends I'm sure it will in the near future haha.

What is your deepest darkest secret? How do you guard it - with silence, by hiding it, burying it deep?

Is it something you'd love to confess, bring it out into the open, let the light in then.

This is 40 by 40cm acrylic and charcoal on canvas  - called The Sentry it is there to protect.

Available

I started this 40 by 40 cm using the same palette as for The Mechanic, in the back of my mind I was thinking of it as a sort of companion piece - well having looked at it after I'd finiished I couldn't think of a name - Andrew  immediately said The Seamstress so there it is. Being in a state of constant health worries at the moment it's great when someone else does some of the thinking for me haha.

This was finished a few weeks ago and then laid aside. It popped into my peripheral vision again yesterday and so here it is. This muted palette was really cool to work with, just gold, green and white plus  vine charcoal for the darks.

I've named it The Mechanic at the moment cos it reminds me of machine parts somehow.

90 by 60 cms available