shadow angel

This is an idea i'm working on of an angelic (not necessarily winged) figure emerging from the shadows. Tell me what you think.

Neil Murison RWA

I recently purchased this painting from an online auction and will be delighted when it's fully framed and hanging on my kitchen wall. Obviously, it's an abstract form (perhaps of a figure) painted on board, using a rough, impasto technique. The work of the artist, Neil Murison, was introduced to me by a friend who lives in Bristol and who is a friend of the RWA (Royal West of England Academy). I regularly go up to Bristol and visit the galleries there with him and he has two Murison works himself, but not of this scale. The painting is quite large, so i was stunned to be able to purchase it for under £100. Murison's work usually sells for £100s and even £thousands in galleries and he has established himself as a regular fixture of the Bristol art scene calendar, particularly at the RWA. He most recognisable work is far more naturalistic, of palm trees and white sandy beaches. The more abstract works are a sideline, from what i can tell.

Unknown ladies

Here are two painting of unknown ladies/girls - the first from the 1960s, painted in broad, expressive strokes of oil paint by Sonia Mervin; the second is by someone called Harold Dodge and despicts a very beautiful Edwardian girl using watercolours. I have absolutely no idea who these ladies are, but i find them both to be very beautiful and the artists have truly captured something about their natures other than just the physical appearances.

CHANGE has come to Portsmouth

My partner sometimes despairs at me because I just can't leave things alone! I have that terrible curse that afflicts many artists that I just don't know when to stop - and as a consequence, sometimes end up completely ruining perfectly good artworks. But sometimes, also, it's the best decision because i'm bored with a piece, or something in my brain was telling me that it just wasn't quite "working". This is what happened with the crucifixion painting that i blogged about just before this posting. You will see too that i have painted the frame so that the whole piece sits well together.