Creative Efforts: January 2015

Monday 26 January 2015

26 January 2015...

24" x 18" ○ 610 x 457mm ○ Oil on stretched canvas

The final painting. The desire to do more and more detail had to resisted at this point. Sometimes enough just has to be enough. I hope I added more visual interest rather than over-working it. This child can now rest in peace with no more parental interference...

Saturday 24 January 2015

23-24 January 2015...

24" x 18" ○ 610 x 457mm ○ Oil on stretched canvas

The last two days were spent on something a little different. Not only is this painting a great deal larger than the previous midgets, but it is as 'traditional' as can be. Several thin glazes of oil paint (with my own paint medium recipe) on a stretched canvas. Time consuming. The painting now has to stand for two days or so before I can apply the final glazes to brighten up certain areas. Watch this space...

Thursday 22 January 2015

21 January 2015...

8"x 6" ○ 203 x 152mm ○ Oil on panel

This is a small painting, but it took 2 days to complete. That sky went through three transformations before it felt right. Morning light is a fickle element to capture.

Monday 19 January 2015

19 January 2015...

10" x 8" ○ 254 x 203mm ○ Oil on panel

SOLD

Wednesday 14 January 2015

12-13 January...

8" x 6" ○ 203 x 152mm Oil on panel

Managed to do two smallish paintings over the last three days - in between all the running around. Couldn't wait for long before messing with brushes and colour. Just keeping my hand in before tackling larger canvases later.

7" x 5" ○ 178 x 127mm Oil on panel

Thursday 8 January 2015

January 2015...

Only time for two tiny paintings so far this month before returning to Durban to finalise some urgent business. The urge to colour my life will not be denied for too long, I suspect. The open road and spaces are calling already...

December 2014...

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Settled into a new workspace! My scale has increased and I'm VERY excited about where my brush is taking me now. To say that I enjoyed doing these paintings is a bit of an understatement - they made me HAPPY!

November 2014...

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Another year older and finalising the last problems with becoming a retired civil servant. Free time with some financial security lightens the soul and the hand holding the brush...

October 2014...

Only two paintings... again! But, I'm slowly gaining enough confidence to start enjoying the light again. Long way to go, but settling into a better rythm.

September 2014...

Not a very productive month, but two are better than none. Overhauling your life is a streneous and time consuming affair, but in the end you do get there.

August 2014 saw one child only.

Too much admin and disruption of a 25 year existence, but a new era ahead brought its own excitement. The anticipation of finally having all my time to myself was daunting and required a lot of rethinking of goals. New places and new faces, and new ways of seeing life and future will hopefully translate into new skills in painting also.

June 2014 was a mad month, but ...

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I managed another week or two on the road before working a notice month in July (no time for painting, of course...)

May 2014 was spent on the road ...

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The idea of retirement became an urgent thought - we live in a beautiful country with a thousand faces. I'd like to meet most of them in the next couple of years and give them colour and a place on canvas.