upton house party

i've been to a house party...here at upton house
a 1930's millionaires mansion in the english countryside

fun to visit as you can actually touch things...well somethings
and its feels like the family are still there...just in the next room





the main room was beautiful
but the bedroom was interesting




and the bathroom...the height of 1930's art deco glamour
aluminium gilding and red




well worth a visit

i have to go back to see the garden ...when the rain and wind stop

a new painting...a new series

new paintings are emerging
they are forming a series...i have a name for the series

patteran


patteran....coded marks left by gypsies


in this one some of the marks and certainly the mood are inspired by the things in my studio window

things from bali, from the garden
and from portugal...those wooden objects are pushed through loops to form fastenings for leather straps


above is a detail and below is the painting
(click on it to enlarge)

Patteran, mixed media on canvas 100x100 cms

i am loving painting these...but what do you think?
any feedback most welcome x

patterns

these from roman mosaics at conmbriga, portugal

and these are little bits from the latest paintings

pink hedges

once again i have a gallery selling my work in the border town of hay on wye

famous for books

and the river wye



i was up there delivering paintings this week and decided to stay a couple of nights... this was the view from our campsite




the sunsets were amazing



i loved these old wagons





but what i loved most was this pink hedge




and these pink flowers in the pub garden



and this colour co-ordinate shop





sorry no pic of the new Lion Street Gallery....its lovely...
and i will be happy to deliver more paintings there again soon :)

lavender fields

its that time of year again
snowshill lavender farm is a must visit for me








one very happy artist

i hadn't planned to visit that day...but just happened to be wearing a perfectly lavender outfit

this one even matched my new shoes :)


ps print of a lavender field painting available here
and new paintings in the studio soon!

coming home...

to a cold grey wet uk was made a lot easier when i got to my studio and found this




containing these




thank you so so much to my lovely workshop painters bee and pauline who sent me my own sunshine
a thank you for the use of my studio one day whilst i was away


guess what i'll be painting tomorrow!!!

second light

these are the first two in what i think may well be an ongoing series...related to the previous post but slightly different

where to start in describing their roots.....

probably a magical month spent in morocco years ago

thinking about magic carpets...inspired by this recent blog post and this blog post from last year

wanting to use glorious vibrant colour


but mainly about internal worlds...thinking

i have synesthesia...in my case a beautiful combination of touch and colour...textures appear as flashes of colour

i often think about texture in my painting ...but am incorporating it more directly in this series

other things i have been considering are entoptic phenomena... visual experiences derived from within the eye or brain, particularly phosphenes ... characterised by the experience of seeing light without light actually entering the eye

they are often seen in altered states of consciousness....which is just how i experience painting