In the last few months I have been exploring new ways to express my art and techniques in the quest to find my niche in the art world.
It was August 2008 that I really started my path back into art but it was right from a little girl I adored painting & drawing but my parents never encourage it and so didnt have the luxury of plain paper or colourful pens but still I used the back of old envelopes & biro's, I have always been resourceful like that! As a young adult I did a art foundation course and then a drawing studies class Hampshire college in 2003, it was only after moving to Wales that a door opened to jump back into art world again.
So in 8 years what have I learnt?
The camera is artwork biggest enemy, it is so hard to capture the mood, depth and colours in artwork with a camera lens, I have tried so many different ways and failed, every one say's the artwork is so much better in real life!
People are fickle, one day they will love poppy paintings the next day seascapes or nudes, so at the end of the day I try not to get to upset when I post a photo of a painting that I am proud off but get no reaction, they do not understand the story behind it or the lessons I have learnt while creating it
One big lesson was not to use cheap product's it is reflected in your work, I am especially passionate about colour and cheap paints do not have the dense colour pigment, I use Liquitex professional high grade, it cost's a lot but I get the results I need
When my art teacher, Susan Crossman-Jones said to me ' Your art is good enough to sell, She never said that I would have to become a ninja with the sellotape and inventive with cardboard boxes or that I would have to put more hours trying to promote my art then painting it!
I do know that I don't want to be a commercial artist, I have always painted for my own personal enjoyment and that the end piece is just a by project of my own artistic adventure.
What's next? I want to go back to painting with oils but the set up cost's is vast and so I need to be confident that my artwork is of a good enough standard to warrant the outlay.
I have a dream that someone will walk into my life, tell me my artwork in incredible and they would like to be my agent, I will no longer have to worry about purchasing / selling / storing or promoting, I can spend each day in my studio painting to my hearts content and exploring all those creative thoughts without guilt feelings of waste!
Even in the art world my disabilities and having dyslexia have held me back but I still maintain that 'ART HAS NO BOUNDARIES ' and hopefully all will be good in the end!
Below are some of work from over the 6 years, theses are pieces which have significance for example being the first or a big learning leap, hope you enjoy ....
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| Catherines Lake, first ever painting with palette knives 2008 |
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| Bonfire Night - Acrylics on Canvas, Large piece |
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| Westonbirt Arboretum After a visit |
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| Gold Hill - Shaftesbury Special place for me - Acrylics on large canvas |
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| Poppy fields in Provence One of my early Pallette Knife work. |
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| Spainish Villa Acrylics on Canvas |
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| One man and his camel 2008 Acrylics |
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| Peacock highly textured painting In acrylic |
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| Penguin chorus |
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| Bridal Flowers - Acrylics on Canvas |
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| A Very early 2008 painting, realy learn't so much with this painting It was hard going too! |
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| Pre 2008 painting, learning about being loose and using light on dark |
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| This one from 2009 was my eureka moment This painting now lives in America |
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| 2009 by first exhibition painting for Porth y Rhyd and it sold! Acrylics on Canvas |
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| 2009 and then revisted at a later date I had learn't so much that I had to go back and re do it! |
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| Tree Spirit another exhibition piece and 3 times award winner my pagan ways coming out in my artwork |
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| This painting was inspired by a holiday in Ireland, new grange Stonehenge being my spiritual home |
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| Highly Textured acrylic early piece |
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| Pre 2008 painting called Jelly beans |
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| Kiwi Slice, lots learnt in this one loved it so much too |
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| Trio of Cherries 2013 Make me smile everytime I see it! |
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| Pears - Acrylics on board more practising about reflection and depth |
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| Aqua moon 2009 a two toned painting - I have done a lot of these in the past using a colour and white to see how many values I can mix they are very effective too! |
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| Aqua Surf More of the same but getting bolder! |
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| Highly textured palette knife painting Golden sunset |
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| Super moon, large canvas painting |
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| Tried something totally different no one liked it! |
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| Turning to the masters Yes it's a progression of an art student we must all learn from our fore fathers |
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| And then theres the nudes, My first love Yes I admit it, I love painting naked ladies I would do it over and over again, why? Because the woman, her curves, folds of skin, lumps bumps and boobies are amazing, it is one of the most beautiful thing in the world I love the shadows, skin tones, light and darks of the woman's body. |
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