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December 11, 2005

A day amongst the oily paint

Pacing the studio floor, seven brushes in hand most of the time, working over an incomplete painting, because the model just didn’t show up one week – and hasn’t spoken since. How frustrating is that? And she was such a fantastic model too. It's hard enough being a painter without that sort of thing going on and generally throwing a spanner in the works. So, trying to get the spanner out and working from drawings and photographs:

h-standing.jpg

and not a small painting, by the way, it's larger than life, weighing in at just under two metres.

As always, while pacing about or pushing colours around, my mind chances upon profound thoughts, these often form the words and scrawl you see gracing the sides of my pictures. Here are a few from today:

Knife throwing and drumming
[don’t ask me, I just thought it]

The act of painting is more important than the results of painting
[that’s pretty good – it deserves to be in caps]

THE ACT OF PAINTING IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAN THE RESULTS OF PAINTING

Like playing the flute, not practising the flute
[thanks Ninon]

Spend more time mixing up colours – use more paint
[all well and good, but who’s paying?]

Knees are fantastic, especially after the subtle desert of the thighs.

knees-detail.jpg

The painting will continue tomorrow, or, judging by the time: later today

Posted by john at December 11, 2005 12:34 AM

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