I’ve come to a stop on this – so will let it rest for a few days then look at it again and decide whether to develop or abandon it
Orange Head – Work in Progress – Oil on Canvas 20″ x 24″
Orange Head – some work in progress
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Abstract from using microsoft paint – this one is angular
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Blog abstract number 3
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Another abstract made with Paint – @@@@@@@
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Another little abstract drawn in Microsoft Paint
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Crayon Paint Art in Colour
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Doodle Visitor
A doodle visitor (before)
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A doodle visitor (after)
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New Work – Autumn Show
I’ve been working on this painting on and off for a couple of months and have finally found its form – here is the finished work.
Autumn Show – Acrylic on Canvas: 1200 mm x 1000 mm
It’s quite a big painting on a deep edge box canvas with painted sides, ready to hang, no frame required (fittings not included). For sale for £TBA plus carriage and packing. Contact me for more details and to check that the painting has not already been sold.
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On the Wall at Off the Wall
I’m very pleased to say that my paintings are now on the walls of the Off the Wall Gallery in Llandaff. The gallery is a proper gem of a place close to the cathedral and the High Street and its walls host the work of some of the most sought-after artists working in the UK today.
The gallery really is worth visiting in person, the paintings are exhibited beautifully. If you want a preview click on the image below to visit their website or click here:
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More work in progress – abstract art
Quite a big canvas – 1200 mm x 1000mm – not sure if this is it or if it will change before it’s complete – will have a look tomorrow. Too dark to decide right now / / /
Work in Progress – Abstract Art
Update September 4th
Still work in progress
And here is more progress . . . .
Still not sure it’s finished – it looks a lot more vibrant ‘in the flesh’
and finally – for now anyway
And really finally – here it is cropped imperfectly
The finished painting (probably)
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August Art
Here’s some paintings I’ve been working on for the past few weeks:
I’m not sure if they are finished yet. I like to leave them for a while and take a fresh look, so there is a possibility that these images will change completely and effectively cease to exist except as a low resolution image on this website.
4 of the paintings are the same size, that is A2 or 594mm x 420mm; the other is twice the size at 800mm x 600mm.
(: More painting news very soon 🙂
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- Purple One: Acrylic on Canvas 594mm x 420mm
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- Small Blue: Acrylic on Canvas 594mm x 420mm
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- Sort Of Tree: Acrylic on Canvas 594mm x 420mm
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- The 4th Canvas: Acrylic on Canvas 800mm x 600mm
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- Yellow Middle: Acrylic on Canvas 594mm x 420mm
Acrylic on Canvas 800mm x 600mm
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Blodyn – Legalise Poo
Here’s a painting from nearly 15 years ago – one of the first I did. It was painted on the back of a placard/protest sign that I had previously used in a satirical community play I wrote called ‘The History of Llangennech – Part 2’
Blodyn has become a bit of an icon for me since I painted her. She was used on the cover of my poetry collection “The Words in Me” and will be used again on the cover of my new collection “More Words in Me” due to be published in a couple of months.
Here she is:
Blodyn – 2002: Acrylic on board: 520x670mm
And here’s the back of Blodyn
Legalise Poo
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Two new paintings
Two new paintings, temporarily named ‘The Red One’ and ‘The Green One’, both completed very recently, followed by the classic ‘Bright Environment’ which was painted 13 years ago.
Besides their obvious stylistic similarities there’s a reason why these three paintings are linked and why I am noting their existence now.
But more of that in a couple of weeks.
Here’s The Red One:
The Red One. Acrylic on Canvas – 800mm x 600 mm (31 x 23 in) July/August 2016
Here’s The Green One:
The Green One. Acrylic on Canvas – 800mm x 600 mm (31 x 23 in) July/August 2016
And here’s Bright Environment:
Bright Environment. Acrylic on Canvas – 1000mm x 800 mm (39 x 31 in) 2003
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The drip
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Today’s the Day
I found a canvas in the street. I had some scraps of garish acrylic paint.
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Exhibition – Day 2
This is a piece I wrote on Tuesday 4th November 2003 during the substantial gaps between visitors on the second day of an exhibition of my work at the Neville Gallery, Llanelli. I had also invited a few others to exhibit some work alongside mine since it is a large hall.
Exhibition Day 2 – Tuesday half ten am.
No one in yet but at least it’s finished. Everything’s up.
The Three Bears
Laura Mason’s installation – Anna’s paintings – Ian’s drawings – my 87 varieties. Maybe I’m deluding myself but it all looks amazing to me. Toying with the idea of getting in touch with the media – but I don’t really want personal publicity a la Llanelli Star, obviously I’d like artistic publicity-recognition-acknowledgement whatever, but I’m scared of getting my chops in the local paper – daft aren’t I?
Need to go for a piss etc so shall lock up and leave a note on door. Continue reading
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Shopping Monsters revisited
In 2003 on a visit to Carmarthen I spotted a man and a woman coming towards me in the street. They could have been a couple but they looked so similar that they were probably brother and sister. When I got home their image was still in my head, so I painted it on art-card using acrylic paints. Here it is – apologies for the fuzzy photo.
Shopping Monsters 2003 – 32″ x 24″ – 80cm x 60cm
The other day I retrieved the painting from the beams of the shed on the allotment. I had rolled it up and stuffed it there three years ago (with a lot of others) when we moved to a smaller place and I had no more room at home.
Of course, three years in a damp shed is going to have an effect.
What 3 years in a shed can do to a painting
I like this painting so I intend to restore it and get it framed – watch this space . . .
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Cheats and Liars – the first Chapter
Here’s the first chapter of my novel Cheats and Liars:
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“Are you ready?”
I’m in the kitchen snaffling a crumpet dripping with raspberry jam. Of course I’m not ready. I’m never ready. I am a work in progress.
“Come on. You don’t want to be late for your own exhibition.”
I gulp. A crumb of crumpet sticks in my throat. I cough and the crumb dislodges. Jam stained spittle dribbles over my lip.
“Look at you.”
She tuts and picks up a damp dishcloth.
After she rubs the goo from my mouth and from the lapel of the blue linen jacket I grab the car keys.
“I’m driving,” she says, taking the keys from my hand. “You can drink. You always do. Just try not to offend too many people.”
“What’s it matter? They stick like dry shit whatever I say.”
“Brian! You may be known as the Greatest Living Artist in Wales but nobody likes an arsehole.”
“Like? What’s like got to do with it? They don’t care and I don’t give a toss. It’s not real Lizi; it’s a performance.”
“Then perform, pretend.”
She’s right, and I’ll need to drink so that I can stomach the unspeakable pricks. Every year I bare my arse and they come like slime to a stagnant pond, for I have no talent and they have no taste. This isn’t my life. This is some jerk spewing on cotton canvas and picking the overfull pockets of the privileged and the gullible. The gentle boy in me is lost; he’d feel sad to look through these eyes now, to see my betrayal with its parade of pseudosmilers and its fake humility. I am a hollow husk, devoid of depth. I am dead.
I strut into the exhibition hall, late, of course. Lizi’s at my side, as always.
“Fuck,” I say.
“Ssh! You don’t have to do this,” she whispers.
“Huh! What would these maggots feed on then?”
“Shut up Brian. Behave.”
But I’m right, it’s always the same. The blood-sucking creatures are here like tics on a donkey, creepily reverent expressions turned towards me. Continue reading
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A Video Experiment: a look at some of my Paintings
I made this video to see if
a: it’s something I want to do
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b: it’s something I can do
The jury’s still out on both counts
