directions

I always work like this - a lot of quiet time and a bit of messing about as new techniques or thoughts are explored and new directions considered. It is always the transition from that into new work that means I have to take a deep breath and just "do it !" Process is a fascinating thing and so different for each person.

Braque

It is good to be asked to look at work that may not have had instant appeal to me - like Braque's art of the 1930's. But the more I studied his art and life this week the more interested I became . And it made me paint a study of a fruit bowl in his style  using watercolour to see what would emerge. Lesson learned, don't just glance and walk away but take time to get to really know a subject or an artist.