Abstract Shield

November 7, 2011
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I haven’t really felt a great pull to abstraction. I’ve always wanted to do figurative work, typically people and portraits. Though lately I’ve been thinking geometrically – in shapes, and lines, and spaces. (I’ve been watching documentaries about Mondrian and browsing books about Rothko.) It was a very different way to approach a painting. I [...]

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Walking In Her Blue Jeans

July 22, 2011
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Sophie B. Hawkins has always been a great personal inspiration to me. I came across her music during a time when nothing in my life made sense to me, but she made sense to me. Her music touched me and inspired me.

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Acrylics: Possum Magic

May 1, 2011
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After three sessions of working on this possum I was so sick of it. But after a couple of days I am looking at it again and it seems to be better than I remembered.

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Coloured Pencil: John

May 1, 2011
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I had coffee with this gentleman and decided to later draw a picture of him.

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Watercolour: Beau

May 1, 2011
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Playing with watercolour pencils and paints.

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Meloni’s Strawberry

April 17, 2011
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Michael Meloni is a dear friend and a real character. On the day I drew this he had just finished telling me that he wanted to be a motorbike-riding TV detective with a monkey sidekick.

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Kid With Headphones

April 17, 2011
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This is actually a few weeks old but I am only now getting around to posting it.

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Pastels: Dan

April 7, 2011
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Still enjoying Derwent Pastel pencils. I was keen to seen what I could do with a limited colour palette and blue pastel paper. Initially it was monochrome – just white pastel pencil – but it didn’t seem to work so I introduced the black as well.

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