I have been struggling of late, painting. In the last couple of weeks I have abandoned three paintings. One I have restarted and the other two await the gods of inspiration to call – they appear to have a number of house calls.
In situations like this I like to take a break and mess around, hence the sketch above of the shady alleyways of Villefranche Sur Mer on the Mediterranean. I loved the yellow building, the shadows and the washing and painted it in an hour and a half – trying to focus on simplicity, as if I was on the spot. It was good therapy.
Another one was a painting I had posted before of the Strand near the waterfront in Liverpool. I found it in a pile of paintings and thought that it could do with some tweaking. So here it is duly tweaked.
I liked the unsubtle juxtaposing of the warm and cool colours and the buildings disappearing into the hazy sunlight and carbon monoxide.
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I think you are too hard on yourself Graham, these are both incredible paintings!
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Thanks for your support Tiffany. Actually, I was quite happy with these paintings – these were therapy to break out of the stalemate. The problem paintings are still against the wall. I will be showing them in due course when I have worked a way forward.
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The paintings are lovely- I think you should, as you say ‘ take a break ‘ more often !
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