19. 09. 11 Monday Made a blackboard this weekend which I put in my kitchen. I’m going to try and do a new drawing on it most days. This is day#2.
Painting
Last drawing
Tuesday 13. 09. 11 Finally finished the drawings of the trip down east that I did with Daisy this summer. Now on to the monoprints!
Cross Canada East
Friday 02. 09. 11 Have started working on the drawings of my train trip with Daisy from Toronto to Haifax this summer.
Modular Monoprints
Monday 29. 08. 11 I have been exploring the idea of modular monoprints as per above. Each ‘module’ is 30 x 24 cm so you can end up with an image nearly a metre wide. One of the problems is keeping the same pressure when you print each module and one of the advantages is that you can hand print quite large images depending on the number of modules that you have.
White camper van
Wednesday 22. 06. 11 It has been overcast the last couple of days so have been working a bit in the studio.
Finished?
Friday 17. 06. 11 Fairly busy week in the studio. Finished (for the moment) one of the white van paintings and have nearly finished another one which I have been working on for months. Carole arrives Sunday so this may slow down things a bit.
More vans
Monday 13. 06. 11 Am back at the white vans again with four on the go at the moment. Just been out and realise that it is yet another bank holiday!
More monos
Sunday 05. 06. 11 It has been a busy week in the studio. I have been working on some monoprints based on my recent trip to London. Instead of train stations I worked on Tube stations and the river.
London
Monday 23. 05. 11 Just back from our fast trip to London. Managed to see the Watercolour and Joan Miro show at both Tates with a boat trip in between and also took in the Tracey Emin show at the Hayward. All shows very worth while and all for completely different reasons. Visited the London Museum and the London Docklands Museum – both excellent. Shot some photos of the tube and also the Thames Barrier as possible sources of new monoprint series. Friday evening had dinner with Laurie and Erich who just happened to be in town.
More stations
Monday 09. 05. 11 Another busy week in the atelier working on monoprints. Thursday rode over to Les Matelles which is just north of Montpellier near the Pic St Loup. Met David Abse who besides being a painter runs a gallery and a printer. I was there to get some gilclées done. Yesterday, besides having a wonderful French lunch chez les Valettes with Claire, managed to get over to an expo at the Mas Violettes in Valflaunes and saw interesting work by Elisabeth Keh and Christian Cayssiols.