Love that quote from Picasso, seen on a cafe wall here in Auckland. Back to our last term of the year long course, and all is preparation for the exhibition in November. As there are 12 of us we will probably all have two works to show, unless we are doing smaller work. We have [...]
Archive for October, 2007
‘Art washes from the soul the dust of every day life.’- Pablo Picasso
Posted in My Painting, art, artist, painting, tagged Berthold Auerbach, German novelist, Luc Tuymans, Pablo Picasso, William Crozier on October 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The Thames or Temes
Posted in My Painting, art, painting, tagged London, oil painting, Thames River, The Thames on October 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This painting is a view from The Thames River in London of an old warehouse, now a block of flats. The combination of old and new windows intrigued me, along with the river below,
Holy Trinity
Posted in Art Books, My Painting, art, painting, tagged art book, Emin, Hirst, Lucas, Matthew Collings, Picasso, This is Modern Art, warhol on October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am now starting the third version of this painting, the second of which you see here. The first was just the doorway, the second as you see it, and the third is the whole church. I painted over the first one, and am not happy with the second one still. Third time lucky I [...]