19th March

Look At Me, Look At Me...


Sometimes life gets pretty busy, like mine at the moment, and then I get so caught up in doing the daily stuff of life I forget to pay attention to the things I really want to spend time on - the star performance maybe! I often see my creative persona as patient dog with a lead at his feet just waiting for a run when his guardian gets time, but here he is as a performing circus dog showing off his new trick and just longing for a round of applause. It is obviously time I got on with it and put aside some of the less essential, but demanding, tasks and get stuck into some concentrated creativity!

17th January

Letting Go


This started off as a collage about creative power, with a whole lot of words that came to mind as I was dwelling on the jumble of things that affect me as I work on something, or even just think about working on something. It reached a messy point where I nearly gave up. This is a good place despite the anxiety involved, because then I can throw caution to the winds and let loose. Hey it can't get any worse can it? So I changed media and decided to practice my face proportions and play with paint and shadows, trying to capture a face with some liveliness expressed. Here she is, grinning, thinking about something amusing. Maybe the humour I feel as I watch myself fighting to enjoy myself, until I just let go and the tension lifts!