An email from a friend reminded me I hadn’t done the photo gallery for May’s painting project yet (nor June’s newsletter). Apologies for keeping you waiting; June has rather slipped away from me, but pulling this photo gallery together this morning has reminded me of how much fun there is to be had with grids. So without further ado, here they are for you to enjoy:
From Marion: ” Each is intriguing by itself, and then together create a story, a sense of location.”
From Marion: My first thought was “I bet I can recognise things” and sure, there are a few, brushes for instance, a mannekin and clock. Possibly a tape dispenser. And a boat, but is it a model or a painting if a boat? It becomes absorbing, unpicking a puzzle and finding the strands of the story.
From Marion: It’s intriguing how a cut-up piece takes on a new life and becomes more than it was before. The tidier side of my personality keeps wanting to nudge the ones that are just a little out of alignment, though I realise this would make the composition more rigid and it’ll feel different.
From Marion: “If you find yourself deliberately messing up a painting so you can do this, then you’ve become addicted! It’s like each little block is a chapter and together they create a story. Each time I allow my eyes to circle around the blocks a different one grabs my attention.
May’s project led me in several directions:
It becomes quite mesmerising shifting little sections of a failed painting around as it transforms into something new
The details of June’s painting project (bluebells) can be found here. And a reminder that if you’d like to help with your project paintings, the way to do this is to become a project subscriber via Patreon (now with £, $ and Euro options; I use Patreon because the site deals with the VAT paperwork for me).