SAT 10 AUG
Amongst all the loveliness, it is necessary to remind the viewer the painting is sourced in a crime-novel and the word/clue 'Toxic' in the title jolts the viewer back to this reality.
THURS 8 AUG p.m
That's better - the painting has come alive, Pink Floyd's 'Animals' blasting away. Fast brush-marks on the left, colour-incident, elegant line cutting and twisting the space and bringing the 'frame' into the painting. Rhythms of curves- this painting is on the move! Love working edges...
in situ
detail-pulsating colour...
colours and tools...
Thursday a.m
THURS 8 AUG a.m
Working on the colour - there is a specific red-ochre/blue combination that I'm after and I think I've found it in the bottom-right corner. The novel opens with a corpse seen through a window and I've been exploring the idea of the window or painted-frame which creates a tension between inside and outside, with the central 'image' barely contained. Enjoying the relationship between the three spikes. Perhaps the colour combination is too balanced and the left-side too empty? Is the painting too flat?
beginnings...
WED 7 AUG 2019
Choices: two books from a favourite series...one involved a storm but I feel I want to move away from darkness. This painting will be about colour: ochre and turquoise is the palette, which may be significant in the novel...
Choices: which twin-canvas to use? (below). Three very different possibilities, all seem small after 'Out-With' - went for the pink and green...
'20 Books = 20 Paintings' - the series so far...
