Looking at Joan Eardley and David Tress

So, behind with the Dailies and will be for the next few weeks while I have work done in both the studio and Art lounge as well as try tying to change direction in paint. Massively missing the 52 cm sq Dailies but you know, give it a chance with the small Dailies and weeklies. I might just surprise myself......

So Art group looking at Joan Eardley and David Tress ( haven't told them yet...... )

Joan Eardley

Joan Eardley's paintings.....strong, 3dness coming of the page.....luscious.....often dark in content......intense......abstracted......

David Tress......texture.....layers......masculine......wild......wondrous........expressive.......energetic.....

Disjointed......uses different colour background.......uses ripped bits, maybe of old paintings........

Paint now.....

Had a lovely paint this afternoon. Caught up with the Dailies, not in the spirit of Daily paintings I know, but needs must....used stuff like texture paste, paper, scrunched up toilet roll,matching tools, thick paint.......hated the texture paste at first but came round to it all in the end and put the paintings up in a corner of here studio.....

Above used texture paste mainly......over an old canvas

Again texture paste but grated a graphite stick in....theses canvases I made out of cassette tape cases. I   love the chunkyness of these. Try more....

Used mainly ripped up paper, old paintings, thick paint.

Used masses of thick paint but it needs modelling rather than painting.

Above...for the tree used the crunchy bits of paint that dry at the top of the pots.Mmm

Above....worked over an old mixed media piece that had lace and tissue in it already. Added paint, 

Above was the pallette that turned into a painting. 

Displayed some of these in a corner of the studio . Loved the different sizes, thicknesses, shadows.Mmmmm. Will see what the Art group do on Wednesday......