“Inside Man” starting point.
Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’ - The ethics of looking.
05/04/20
Not sure if attempting “The Ferryman” on this scale is the right move.
The falling boy: “Full of Grace”.
Blocking.
Some really good progress in the studio.
06/04/20
Commissions
“If your art doesn’t reflect your family and community then what’s the point?”
Dale Harding - Tateshots
07/04/20
Happy anniversary JG!
Applications.
Never rains but it pours! Buckets needed.
08/04/20
“Full of Grace” coming well. Would like to incorporate ultramarine blue - hint to the Virgin Mary in there (via the window).
Very funny search for a protractor.
09/04/20
Farcical.
Eventually got to painting after helping with a birdbox.
10/04/20
Should have been “Confessional” exhibition’s natural end.
11/04/20
Such a battle with “Inside Man” at the minute. Struggling with that balance of realistic approach and the drawing mark.
It’s been a while: “I AM NOT A REALIST PAINTER!”
12/04/20
13/04/20
Not overly happy with the finality of “Inside Man” but best to finish up now before I properly overcook it.
14/04/20
All but finished another painting. It’s very strange times indeed.
15/04/20
“Circular Lapse Study” - detail
16/04/20
Six hours and I’m pretty much no further forward than when I started. Going to have to take a completely different route to accomplish this. It would help if I had a goal in mind. Detailed vs Out of Focus. In between? Trying to tackle the green slab all at once isn’t working.
17/04/20
Back to drawing basics turned to mush.
18/04/20
One step forward and four back.
21/04/20
Little talk with VAI’s online café went well with really nice feedback on work in progress and the studio set up.
22/04/20
Meetings.
23/04/20
Some really good painting put down today.
24/04/20
Need to box up and send off!
25/04/20
Reset. Breathe.
26/04/20
Looking. So important. Doesn’t mean you can’t allow for spontaneity or randomness in the process.
“Ferryman” is finished!
27/04/20
A cartwheel with no floor. CT Scans reveal right-sided skull vault fracture and subdural haematoma. Off to Royal Victoria Hospital.
Avulsion fracture to right wrist.
30/04/20
Out of hospital. Time to start recovery process.