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Finally, something to smile about
After months of practising something is, at last, beginning to happen. The iPhone paintings are beginning to turn into a style. It’s very exciting! This portrait evolved right before my eyes, the result of having seen a couple of wonderful art exhibitions, as well as reading the newspapers more than usual, flicking through picture books…… Continue reading Finally, something to smile about
Welcome summer?
“One swallow does not make a summer.” Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC – 322 BC)
The last January snow… or did I speak too soon?
Pitfield St, Hackney, London,England was all covered in snow and ice a couple of days after the snow stopped falling. While it wasn’t the worst or heaviest snowfall in the world, it was an unusual couple of weeks, weather-wise, for most people in the United Kingdom.
Waiting for a bus – 210 from Archway to Finsbury Park
On a very cold but sunny London day, when nothing works particularly well the 210 bus took longer than usual to arrive. Passenger were patient, pacing blowing into their gloves, smoking… Anything to not feel the freeze. It wasn’t the right time to start making a painting with a forefinger. Winter in the UK, though…… Continue reading Waiting for a bus – 210 from Archway to Finsbury Park
The Illustrationist 