You will see a nice empty space beside this pot with the small shrub in it. The space, or gap, is a kind of ‘Now What?’ area. A possibility, or a bit of waiting-to-happen room (rather than a waiting-room, which is often such a deadly space).
I’ve heard some people talk about the influential value of rests in music. Sometimes a gap can be a powerful thing, alive with the fascination of what’s possible (pace Yeats). Maybe it’s the place where our imaginations live.
It’s freezing in London. Too cold to go out, so Lemon the cat is keeping me company while I sit on the sofa and paint on my iPad. Supper’s nearly ready so this is fast work. It’s to cheer us all up with a bit of razzle dazzle… and it may be slightly influenced by seeing Trelawny Of The Wells at the Donmar Warehouse last weekend… It’s Show Time!
OK so here we have the magnificent clover, with the lucky three leaves, and lucky four leaves too. A magnificent plant with extraordinary medicinal properties- my new best friend. This lady has certainly taken it to heart. Maybe she’s called Clover too?
This is mixed media- oil on canvas with glitter and computer paint. It makes me think of Jimmy Hendrix
This is an iPad painting to celebrate what feels like the end of deep winter. A Mimosa tree in a neighbouring street is in bloom, and some day soon it will be Spring, hopefully.
This is a companion piece to Modern Storage, (October 2012 archive)
Mixed Media
Digital iPad painting (with fingers)
Digital iPhone painting. (Brushes app).
Redhead II
Digital iPad sketch.
iPad painting. Lady with hat and flower.
I have no idea why I started to draw a barrister, with a sort of green peruque and white linen tie thingy which they apparently call ‘bands’.
I do know that I set out to draw someone with a large fleshy face and several chins- and this led by natural association to a person of ample wallet and generous luncheons – and by degrees a jovial legal type with an intelligent glance started to appear as my fingertips painted across the iPad screen.
A woman, singing.
An iPad face with red hair. Painting with your fingers on the iPad is much less precise than using paints and brushes, or even a bamboo tablet stylus on computer. But it’s almost entirely irresistible fun.
A quick iPad sketch of the auditorium and stage – Old Vic, August 2012, where I’m doing an art residency. The theatre is ‘dark’ for a week, EG no show is being performed, so painters and decorators are touching up the auditorium and boxes, electricians are fixing the wall sconces and chandeliers, and repairs are being made to the back of the stage. My blog will go ‘dark’ for a while now while I concentrate on this residency. Catch you later.
