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.
Autoportraits
Wednesday 17. 05. 17 I think I have finally found a format for these. I’m going to make an accordion book on Kraft paper with ten different pages for different stages of my life. The page size is 75 x 60 cm so it is quite large. This is the start of the first page when I was about 3 years old.
Marseille
Friday 05. 05. 17 Went to Marseille on the train today with Patricia. Visited MUCEM and also the magnificent Notre Dame de la Garde overlooking the harbour.Had a very tasty fish lunch in the Vieux Port.
Le Mouguet
Saturday 29. 05. 17 Monday is May Day here. The French tradition of giving lily-of-the-valley flowers is supposed to have begun on May 1st, 1561, when King Charles IX of France was presented with a bunch as a token of luck and prosperity for the coming year. .
New bedroom drawing
Monday 24. 04. 17 Did a new chalk drawing for my bedroom today.
Spring
Sunday 23. 04. 17 Had a ride around the lake. Lots of sweet smelling broom with poppies just starting to appear. The whole house now smells of broom
First round
Saturday 22. 04. 17 We are all holding our breath!
Oil sticks
Friday 21. 04. 17 Finished this big landscape today 100 x 80 cm which I did with oil pastels on paper. I think I will try some oil pastels for some en plein air landscapes perhaps next week.
Easter
Sunday 16. 04. 17 The church here was crowded this morning. The eggs were very tasty!
Autoportraits
Wednesday 12. 04. 17 I have started on a new series of autobiographical self-portraits. None are finished yet and I hope to incorporate words as well in them. They are all quite small 8 x 10s and start when I was 3 years old helping my Dad repair his bicycle.