Little Red Lollipop

Well its nearly valentines day-

Inspiration for Brushes

Thought that this little monkey would be wonderful inspiration for my next painting.
Isn't she gorgeous!

Balance - Life a thought revisited

Balance a thought revisited

Someone quips what on earth is that painting about Jo.
I say, its like life. It sometimes just feels like your trying to balance a cherry on a sauce bottle. In the end I gave up trying to explain it. 
It reminded me of the scene in Notting Hill where Hugh Grant and Anna Scott are discussing 'la Mariee' by Chagall. 
She says of the painting 'it feels how feeling in love should feel'. His response " a floating goat playing a violin" . Her response " Yes happiness wouldn't be happiness without a guitar playing goat".  One persons happiness is another persons goat.

So there for me 'life' sometimes like a cherry on a sauce bottle

So where does life disappear to?
It, really, really is  time to get back to, play time at the easel……
I can't say how much I have missed it. It will surely be a slow but joyous pleasure!

Dy-ffd

Better late than never, Dy-ffd made it of the paint board. Never again will I offer to paint an orange dog! . Believe it or not it took around 15 layers of paint to build up enough depth of colour to pass the shade test. So Andy I really hope you like him!

Shaker Box No.3

I haven't posted anything new for some time now, I am working away on a couple of paintings one of my lovely brother in laws dog and the other of  pen and ink.

However I have been dabbling with shaker box making . This is my first attempt. My next project is to make a set and  finish them  with traditional milk paints.

Man and a Spoon

12 inch x 14 inch

Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas

You remember that last year my lovely Doc gave me a right royal rollicking about my cholesterol. Personally I blame it on the french Jam and the accompanying butter. Toast preference aside, I set out on a healthier breakfast plan. Quaker oats breakfast of champions, so now my cholesterol is well and truly down. Which in theory should be good, right. Wrong, because I developed a taste for it swimming in Grade 1 maple syrup. I just hope she won't check my blood sugars!

Some times in life you just cant win....