I've been working on these 3 paintings and a few others for over 18 months. More on the others in another post. The third piece, ‘Meditations on the Mountain Pass’ is uploaded in the 2021 part of the site. Still scribbling away on the big piece in the first image. With all of these ‘paintingdrawings’ the fun has been squeezed out of them through too much time looking at them. However, the finishing stages have found more joy, the end in sight. Bringing these works into completion feels significant, the time spent in China, then the year in Glasgow for teacher training put the studio practice on hold for a while. However, since my probation year here in Grantown on Spey (now half way into my second year here), I have found a rhythm and pace again, all be it at a fairly slow one. But the highschool pupils need art classes and afterwards the wilder woods that surround up here also have to be witnessed and explored, after all this area previously used to be a significant adventure/ research trip a few times a year. So the studio work slowly grows, at lichen like speeds.
Here’s a link to the cairngorm adventures…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/87900946@N08/albums/72157717987824416
