The Art of Art
Ugly Paintings
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So I have discovered over the years that all my paintings go through a woeful 'ugly' stage. Years ago, this was the point where I'd give up on the painting. The start was beautiful, it was going along as I envisioned it, then next minute.... U-G-L-Y you ain't got no alibi, you ugly painting, you you ugly!However, in my glorious ageing and dawning of maturity, grace, wisdom, serenity, and all sorts of other claptrap, these last few years have seen me push through the ugly stage, and emerge out a better painter on the other side of the canvas. Far from...
The symbolism of death
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Death to death! The continuance of painting my way through the fear of death in my 'Still life Still death' series. Thank God for winning this one!
Everything Dies.....
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Explorations of the tension between death and life, the ginormous subject I'm tackling for my latest painting series. Get a coffee, and let's face mortality, just for something different!
Painted Music
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The beginnings of 'Painted Music' and how I almost never played piano again thanks to a 'musical' cactus.