Bobby's Sunny Day...

Slawit Bob is mostly enjoying the sunny weather in the garden, in his very favourite spot - where he earlier flattened an entire corner of saxifrage to make a comfy bed for days such as these.

Tulips are always handy to attack and he can practise his barking on unsuspecting passersby. He will be glad when his voice breaks. His barking is an octave too high for his liking and doesn't impress any of the aforementioned passersby....

Work is now completed..

Think I have finally finished Event Horizon 2.

Am rather pleased with it especially the contrast between the descending veil and the floating sun which hangs in eternity...

A Sale!!!

I was very pleased to sell this painting the other week. 

It really is absolutely brilliant when someone likes your work so much that they will actually hand over their 

hard-earned cash.

And lots of exhibitions coming up - my fingers are firmly crossed - arthritis notwithstanding....

Spring colour

The first colour of the year and most welcome.

But their beauty is so fleeting. 

More work on big painting

I feel as though I have made great inroads into this painting at last and have had a very productive afternoon.

I am rather pleased with the way the circular shape seems to float.

I have an urge to break up the bottom space with cobalt blue...

Event Horizon 2

I am creating a new incarnation for the piece of  work  finished before Christmas using bright colours - quite an interesting exercise for me.

So - here we have the first stage. I rather like the way that the green and yellow melt into each other. I may do more work on this I think............

Day 3 at the Slade

Here we have a general view of the room in which we are working - not much space and certainly nowhere to spread into. Feel as though I am working with my elbows tightly tucked in all the time. Although people do work on the floor this is not for me at my age! 

  

I share this corner with Michaela who does the most lovely work which she brought in today. Small glowing abstract landscapes - just beautiful. The large piece belongs to her - mine is the tiny piece on the wall and under the table - it can just be seen...

We arrived to the shock of an orange wall where an orange wall should not be! We tried to lessen the impact by putting up brown paper. It worked a bit.

Today's tutor was Daniel Preece a very good teacher and also very approachable. He worked us jolly hard but that's no problem - that's why I am there. ..

I was very fortunate to be able to see the Hockney exhibition  at the Royal Academy on Friday. It was really interesting to see his work close up and to see how he actually covers his canvases. I felt as though I was actually there when standing in front of the large pieces. Now it would seem, that the world and his dog are heading to Bridlington - goodness knows what the locals will make of all this...