Whiskey 1966

I found an old canvas that had been started last year. Gesso soon wiped the image and I started a second version of the watercolour of Whiskey. 

This time in acrylic.

I used very different colours, trying to give the impression of the image emerging through a time wormhole. 

The final version reminds me of the mid 1960s and episodes of Doctor Who.

Murphy and her toy.

 The Daughter wasn't keen on the first painting of Murphy. The breeder had taken the photo and Kate wasn't keen on it.

So I painted a second one, from a photo Kate had taken. It was quite challenging, especially the toy in the mouth.

Kate said I'd captured Murphy's eyes, when I showed her the finished watercolour. She showed no interest in owning it.

The painting looks very nice in this location.

The Light

This watercolour was chosen as a suitable image for an old frame I wanted to use. At first, it looked as though it was going to work really well.

That was before I realised that the watercolour paper was not long enough to fit the frame.

I cut a canvas to fit the frame and added a top and bottom to the image. 

I was going to use a mount, but realised that it would cut too much off the width of the image of the Lighthouse. So I continued the light upwards, and the shadows downwards, to fill the space of the frame. As my daughter pointed out, the unframed version was a much finer image.

The Southwold Schooner

 

The 3-masted schooner is a regular visitor off the Blyth Estuary at Southwold. I wanted to capture the joy of seeing it appearing through the mist and dropping anchor.

As the painting progressed, it became more and more geometrical. This is the first time I followed the shapes in the image, rather than the emotions it evoked. 

Even the breaking wave has a mathematical feel.