Painting

 

Thursday 22. 02. 18 Had dinner last night with Dot and John and gave them their Christmas presents – hand coloured monoprint portraits.

Friday 16. o2. 18 This is one of my new projects. I am going to make a visual autobiography for my granddaughters Daisy and Poppy. It will consist of a series of postcards with a current self portrait printed on them but with a face pasted on and a date drawn in the background. On the other side beside the address will be a series of phrases from that period of my life. The face, colour and date will change and I’m planning a series of perhaps 12 to be sent once a week.

Friday 30. 06. 17 This one is when I was just about to leave for Canada in 1965.

Monday 19. 06. 17 Have now added the script to these two and have started on the drawing of A6.

 

Tuesday 13. 06. 17 These two are coming along. Not easy to shoot as  can’t get far enough from them!

 

 

Sunday 04. 06. 17 I have been working on these on and off all week. They are not finished but they are on their way.

 

 

Tuesday 23. 05. 17 Just back from a great weekend in Bordeaux. I was invited to Olivier’s retirement party which we celebrated at Le Prieuré an old priory in Castres sur Gironde just outside Bordeaux. A wonderfully French weekend with lots of good food, including 2 roasted pigs, good conversation and good wine. Happily we could also stay the night there. I gave Olivier this painting to mark the occasion.

Thursday 18. 05. 17 Worked more on this today. All of the portraits will have the gold ‘frame’ and some writing on them. Now I just have to finish the actual painting but I’m happy with it so far.