02/08/22
Getting a little anxious as word gets closer…
03/08/22
“Girl with Red Hair” has been preselected!
07/08/22
Work dropped off to the RUA.
Visit to the MAC for Ron Mueck exhibition.
14/08/22
15/08/22
Can’t just be sitting around waiting…
Some sketchbook work started.
16/08/22
Drawings finished up from yesterday. Studio time now and some painting with the niece.
GOT INTO THE RUA SHOW!
17/08/22
‘A Brush With … Lina Iris Viktor’
“I think using a limited palette gives you more freedom.”
L.I.V.
Another layer on ‘lovers’ piece and a clean palette needed.
18/08/22
One Year!
20/08/22
Studio. Bit of burning on “Catherine Study”.
21/08/22
Good progress on “A Lovers’ Harvest”… man’s face works and doesn’t at the same time. Need to come back with fresh eyes.
There are aspects about “A.L.H.” I need to jot down:
Fracture
Loss vs Hope
Memento Mori / Passing of the Seasons
27/08/22
Adam Pendelton on “A Brush With…”: “Masks conceal and evoke.”
Studio time: Grass - too much? Go lighter? Lovers - more sculpting? Background - more solidity?
A lot more questions than answers at the minute. Less writing, more doing. Retrospective analysis is much more succinct and compelling (?)
PTO…
Although, in hindsight, creating a short, concise list of things to look at, attempt / rectify seems to pay off more often than not.
“A Lovers’ Harvest” finished.
Detail of “A Lovers’ Harvest”