Well Ive had one of those really frustrating periods where Ive honestly felt like giving up. I went painting last week in Faversham for the whole day with firends and for the very first time ever didnt finish a painting . Infact I sneaked off and ad lunch and then had a nap by the river. I wiped one effort out and snapped another and then just watched the others paint whilst waiting to go home. Probably my worst painting day ever. I then decided to go out and paint something Ifelt familiar with to try and make myself feel better and sort of get back on track. I did two paintings , one 12 x 16 of pine trees at Udimore and the other 16 x 12 of an old oak on the corner of a field near Rolvenden. Neither are great but theyre a whole lot better than anything else Ive done for a while..in my opinion anyway. I really enjoyed the corner of the field painting and Have decided I have more of an affinity to this sort of subkject..perhaps I just find it easier to paint :-) Thats it for now. If the weather is okay Im off to Hooe Marina on wedsday.
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| Udimore Pines 2 12 x 16 |
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| A corner of the field 16x 12 |
Hello, just discovered your blog (I saw your artwork on the Bath Prize gallery which I'm also entering this year) and just wanted to say don't give up as I think your work is great and we all have good days and bad days and self doubt :-) Even the greatest, Edward Seago, asked his family in his will to destroy a third of paintings after his death as he considered they weren't worth keeping!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, looking forward to see your work at the Bath Prize exhibition.
Valérie Pirlot
Good God - if this is an off day for you it's not showing. Will take a look at the rest. Really like these two.
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