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. 

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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.

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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

Although I've named this Red City one of my lovely FB followers suggested Arsenal so I may change it. This is an altered acrylic painting now available in a variety of guises courtesy of :https://fineartamerica.com/featured/red-city-laf-art.html

So why not pop over and check it out. I have to say that the quality of the FAA products is excellent.

Some people perform like stars under stress, it almost seems as if they just go through the motions until a dollop of stress gets factored into the mix then watch 'em go. Others just curl up in a ball and hope that the storm passes fast.

This painting has kept me busy during a very stressful week which isn't over yet.The original painting had been a very simple abstract which I loved because of the colours - I'm a bit of a purple freak , but I had never been totally convinced of as a finished painting. Anyway the week started with me too agitated to do anything useful but really needing something which would take my mind off things, et voila this painting popped into my line of vision. It has steadied me, taken me away for long periods of time. The only thing I've been unable to do is name it. I'm thinking of - Reunion of sorts.

It's 40 by 30 cm on unstretched canvas - which means it rolls into a tube for transport.

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On a bit of a roll at the mo, probably cos I got to buy new supplies yesterday Yay. As soon  as I returned with the goodies I started trying them out as you do :). Went out later for a drink or two and this morning have had to do a bit of tidying up haha. Came across this which I'd posted on FB but forgot to post here. Called Woodwind cos as soon as a Cello playing friend of mine saw it she said it made her think of brass/woodwind instruments which I thought was cool - cheers Rach.

Here's something I haven't done for a while. It's an altered image of an acrylic painting.

This and other variations  are available at:https://fineartamerica.com/featured/flypast-2-laf-art.html

This looks particularly good as a phone case

Heeeeellllo is there anybody out there, I hope so or else I'm talking to myself, which wouldn't be the first time haha. I suppose at least here people cant't look at me strangely as they do in the street hahaha.

Anyway enough nonsense here's  another 40 by 40cm called Wild Garden.

I decided after painting Garden Design that this should be a series, given my love for gardens , plants,flowers anything that grows really even attractive weeds which are after all merely misplaced flowers.

It's available if you like to have this on your wall then you just have to let me know :).

A plethora of pink. Called Garden design because I was thinking about gardens as I painted this. I love gardens and gardening, have always had Green fingers and have worked as a gardener in various places, anyway I'd  recently been looking through various courses with the idea of going back to school for a while. A landscape design course caught my eye and had me really excited until I read the price tag which was something in the region of 5000 euros - gasp - and this for a distance learning course, so abstract painted gardens and photos will have to do for now. Andrew,  who photographs the paintings for me reckons that this is a really girly painting as it loves the camera hahaha

40 by 40 cms Available

I grew up by the sea and have lived by one sea or another for most of my life - I get withdrawals after a while if I'm inland😍

This one has only three colours including the dark blue ink. Very freeing to have such a limited number,  it forces me to evaluate tones and shades much more so the work gains another dimension.. Years ago at the beginning it was a daunting experience to have so few colours, the temptation was always to add, afraid of there not being enough interest perhaps, nowadays as I say I find it liberating, then again today the work is more about the flow.It's finally finished, well except for naming it.As I've said before in the wip stage this is a pretty personal piece for me, showing as it does some of the weird workings of my mind. At least my mind is still working and for that I'm grateful.

120 by 100 cm on deep edged canvas.

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This has now been officially named Map of La La Land - and as anyone who knows me will attest a very fitting title hahaha

The more I attend to the details on this painting the more I'm being made aware of the vast scope of the world. I'm not trying to compare this painting to the world you understand it's just that comparing the canvas size to the details makes me think of how, off the canvas and back into the world us = the details and we are but specks on the world canvas. So it seems my painting is putting me in my place ha

When your mind wanders where does it go - I don't mean physically obviously, although if any of you have a mind which actually does go out for a wander I'd love to hear about it.When I 'm working on these very detailed paintings I let my mind wander - not that I have a lot of control usually - ha but that's why they are such personal pieces. The current painting is the largest of these detail rich paintings so far, the going is fairly slow but the sun is streaming through the window onto my back, I'm seeing lots of delicate lines and shapes emerge and like wispy thoughts they have to be carefully followed so that they don't disappear. At the moment at  I'm quite happy with the progress. Another detail shot

I've always loved crossword puzzles - providing thery're not too hard lol. I like the possibilities when looking at the clues. The words can take me anywhere. This painting reminds me of that, if you've looked at the previous post you'll know what I mean, I look at the lines and my mind wanders about, I've started jotting down random words  and phrases whilst I paint.: the back flip or high dive, sea otter, juice - anyway here is progress shot - I really should have worn my glasses then I would have seen the shadow haha and also a detail shot