the serious stuff.
This is what I'm going to start painting tomorrow. It's another industrial one moody, dark and oppressive. If not for the gas ring it could somewhere else in time and space. I have decided to increase the sense of alienation by painting a sky that isn't blue or as I'm in Preston, isn't grey. I could lose the gas ring but I like the sombre elegance of the ellipse. I think maybe I will play around with greens and warm browns but that I'll sleep on that.
The more I paint the more I realise that I'm expressing myself. Maybe pretty obvious but I can be a slow learner. In place of another industrial landscape someone (not Val) wanted me to paint a marketplace. A market place full of the hustle and bustle of life. The idea had zero appeal but it was more than that. It's as if it was totally against my nature. Like cross country running or watching the antiques Roadshow. I shall sketch out the design on the canvas tomorrow at first light. I think I'll take a few pictures as I go, and document the progress. Actually that's probably a pretty good idea and I can use them as illustrations in my soon to appear Book on How to paint or How to be an Artist. Not necessarily the same thing.
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Location:New Hall Lane,Preston,United Kingdom
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