Further Up The Road

Resolution.











Now it's no longer of a car but about a car.

Intermission

Gathering material for the Image Wall.

Casa dell'Unicorno, Caugliano, Toscana.

The Smell of Saltwater and Engine Oil

Progress measured in millimetres.

Bush Flower

Stumbling over that terrain, like a pilgrim with a palette knife...

then brushing something off in five minutes.

Murder in the Studio

The pink killed the green...

...the blue killed the pink. The orange killed the blue...

Elegy for an Abstract

I couldn't get this abstract to work...

...so I turned it into a still-life.
Blue apples; why not?
They're for looking at, not eating.

Charred Car

A burnt-out VW Golf on Nunney Road.
Modelling paste mixed with phthalo blue to give the ground some bite. There are so many ridges the paint won't take evenly, but that's the idea.

I'm making progress but it still looks too civilised.

I met with Ciara Nolan, the centre manager today. We discussed the hanging system and how closely the canvases should be hung together.

Themes are developing:
Treatment and palette seem more important than subject.

Okay, so it looks like a carrot. Now what?