With family issues dominating of late I have had little time to paint. The day before yesterday we sat on Cooden Beach in Sussex and I sketched this scene with part of Beachy Head in the background – rather a sparse scene, I’m afraid, but time constraints pressed.
I also manage a couple of abstract pastel landscapes. I was just playing around with a loose idea, but when I reflected on the outcome, I was disappointed to see a woodland scene had evolved. Hopefully I can build on this – it certainly wasnt the vision I had in mind when I started. It never fails to amaze me how the mechanics of the process can take over and lead you away from where you wanted to be.
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Lovely work Graham! I’m familiar with different outcomes than my intentions, that’s why abstract works so well for me!
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Thanks Tiffany – I’m afraid I’m too much of a control freak. I can take so much happenstance but right angles dont do much for my blood-pressure.
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I really like your abstract pastel landscapes, I like how it is abstract, but still gives the impression of trees.
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Thanks Shawn – I guess that is why I dont like it that much – it is reverting to descriptive and I was trying to get away from that.
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