© All is safely gathered in
Oil on canvas 80 x 80
I have been taking a
holiday from my blog over the past few months. I needed to re-think where I was going with my painting.
Somewhere along the line I had forgotten how to enjoy myself in the studio and
so over the past few months I have been putting so called ‘artistic integrity’
on one side and simply having a good time!
One of the first
routes back to this feeling of well being has been a journey of the imagination,
conjuring up a character out of my childhood - an English West Country farmer
going about his daily work on a big red tractor. This farmer has now been joined by some sheep and gradually
other members of the ‘village’ where he lives are appearing in my paintings.
© Walking the dog
Oil on canvas 80 x 80
It’s all a long way
from the mountains I was painting last year, a nostalgic trip and to some extent a marriage between my
painting and my children’s illustration work. I hope what it has done is to create something that has a
touch of humour that will reach out to the child in the viewer at a time when
we could all do with a little more in our lives to make us smile.
© Burt's sheep
