Evening series 3

Still , ' living with, ' the Evening series of paintings. Still unsure.But that's how it is. Worked back into one of the pieces on display and worked into open old one. Wanted to leave more brush marks on the work as well as being more definite with the tonal contrasts...but , as always , they have gone their own way ! Live with them....mi seem to be doing lots of that just lately....

52 cm sq. Trees into light, acrylic on board.

Land, acrylic on board, 52 cm sq.

Finishing the backs of the paintings

So, I paint on Mdf that I have cut to size at B And Q. I don't put a frame on the back until someone wants one or a gallery wants then. So , this has been this weeks work , putting the backs on lots of paintings for the gallery. It's tedious work so it's worth trying to turn it around for next time and  put the backs on first....try it...

In terms of Art, I want to repaint the paintings in this corner. 12 inch sq , 2 inches deep. I have been looking at the work of Lewis Noble, such energy on the paint surface achieved by painting intuitively, adding collage, working back and back into a surface and lots of scratches and lines. 

So, this below was the first one...For me, a major difference to my working process is to put down a layer of collage , paper, and leave it to dry , working back into it....texture ! Texture! Texture ....

Evening series (2) July 2017

This week I have been concentrating on completing an , ' Evening series.' It's useful often to have a deadline, even if the deadline is one that you set for yourself. So, I managed, with enjoyment to complete the eight , ' evening paintings.' I noted the evening landscapes this week and the tones were dramatic....as the light went down, the tones came out in strength. That, for me, though, didn't translate into paint....I was drawn to pinks, yellows, warmth that reminded me of the evening landscape of my mind.....Mmm

Poor photo of the, ' Evening series' I am living with them but overall they have the feel that I was looking for. These are 52 cm sq. Acrylic on board.....strange after the last display of , ' trying to catch the wind series, ' that I seem to have immediately gone still again...he ho..I like...the pinks, the colour palette generally, the simplicity, the warmth....live with them....

I also repainted two 33 inch square ones, thinking about the evening paintings but also being aware of a little more movement that was created in the wind paintings.... 

These are 33 inches square...I don't think that they go together but I wanted them to so am not quite ready to give up on the togetherness ! Have repainted another but that didn't go either ! He ho....I don't mind them as paintings in hy heir own right though, so living with them ...

This one has had so many incarnations ....life with it for a while before deciding whether to lighten the sky....

Evening series . July 2017

Lived with the paintings from last week...they seemed to suggest an evening feel....hence, ' evening series, ' research....I gave done quite a few 15 cm ones from an evening series so research them too. Painted over all the works from last week but in the main kept the same structures and colours.

52 cm sq. Washed over quite a few areas of this one in whites and creams....live with it some more, and research poem lines...

52 cm sq. Calmed down the trees with washes of cream and white.

52 cm sq. ' Dirted up , ' the pink areas with a wash of black / umber...wiped most of it off though.

Live with this one...unsure yet....what do I like about this....colours, the size ( 33 inches sq. )  seems kind of like the wind meets the evening pieces .