26 06 2018 tuesday

 back from London, no chance of getting anything done for days; here are some random mnemonics

20 06 2018 Weds

Mondays drawing acceptable - at least one drawing usable - and have cracked on well with the 6th xtinction pic that remains unfinished. This morning will just about have time to clean up before off to London where my hospital appointment has been cancelled and I shall try to look at art instead, depending on the health. Been good lately.

18 06 2018 Mon

bought this yesterday at vide grenier - thrilled with it, the handling and structure are marvellous. Loose and concise. Crap photo but its under glass - will take decent snap when it goes to be reframed. One day.
Off drawing this morning. Strangely encouraged by long-dead painters availability. Looked up J. Nielsen but can find nothing.

17 06 2018 sun

decent days work yesterday, hacking at the 6th xtinction. Not finished, not very nice. LaLa. Dreaming of seaweed fronds in the armpit.

16 06 2018 sat

Pleased with myself - in Bobs absence am painting like I can paint though most of yesterday was spent preparing canvases. I'm layering in linen/calico/canvas, depending, and gesso-ing in. I'd forgotten the pleasure of involvement with the canvas, testing the tension, listening to the sound.
Above is St Pabo, ex-chieftain warrior and subsequent monastery builder. Its much better than it looks, the eye subtler.

12 06 2018 Tuesday

Four shepherds tortured under Diocletian, done, will look up their notes another day. Just so amazed to have finished something. Things.
Portugal wet but appealing. The contemporary art museum in Porto is the worst art museum I have EVER seen - no, the museums fine, its the art that was bad.Old conceptualism, doesn't hold up.

06 06 2018 Weds

Rien rien rien except may have sold a couple of pix. Just off to Portugal now for a week. Nothing continues to get done (though will take note book)