Hello peeps! Been a bit busy of late, but I’m here now with 2 new paintings under my belt. One, called ‘Urban Nights’, I painted for my nephew (at his request), As he has not long moved into his own flat. He wanted something colourful – that was the only brief he gave me!! I figured he would probably pref not to have a whimsical lady on his wall, so I decided on focussing on his home city of Southampton, by collaging a map of the area of Southampton where he lives; also a S’ton post mark, and some city scape photos of office blocks ( I actually took at Canary Wharf!). Anyway, he is seemingly very pleased with it. I particularly had fun with some ‘clear tar gel’ I coloured red, and strung it along the roads on the map, which gives a raised effect great fun!
The other painting is of YoYo and Tonto! I’m actually really pleased with this; I like how the colours have come out. I can only imagine a cat dreams of mice and birds and fish…..(not that either of them have ever seen a fish or mouse – and only birds from the window!). I used a ‘light modelling paste’ pushed through stencils for the white birds, which makes them look like plaster, and again, with a raised effect. I tried to emulate spots as much as possible, as that is after all what makes an Ocicat!
Hope anyone reading this (can’t imagine anyone does!) likes these new paintings!
as for the cats…well they are fine……bored, but fine. I WILL let them out some time soon! They sit looking out the French doors a lot of the time. Coco, (our tortoiseshell) has done her bit for the BBC programme, ‘Horizon’. She wore her tracker collar like a good girl, and apparently did venture about a bit, so they told me! The bebe also came to the house to film her and the Oci’s. that was a busy week- taking and picking up the collar from the village hall each day! But fun. Look out for the programme in Sept!
oh yes! I am putting 2 of my paintings in the Guildford Art Society’s exhibition in a couple of weeks. The 2 I am showing are ‘Wild Thing’ and ‘Autumn Glory’. I have to do 2 x 3hour slots working there as a contribution to the exhibition, so this will be a new experience for me! Bet mine don’t sell tho! I just love to paint now I’ve found collage.