Busy, busy, busy

Here are a few photos of projects I've worked on recently, excluding all the textile thingies I'm doing which you'll see at a later date.

This sculpture is entitled 'Daffodil' and I've wanted to complete it for about 40 years! I just never had the time or where-with-all to do it.

Really it needs to be on a plinth at shoulder height; but at last I've created it and that's what matters.

Daffodil is made from wood and wool.

I promised myself I would do some painting en plein air and this subject especially leant itself. Painting outside did me a lot of good and certainly loosened me up so that this picture began to work when I'd originally  thought it was going to be a disaster.

When I brought it indoors for some finishing touches I felt more free to paint what I wanted on it!



You can probably see (from my surroundings en plein air) why I have a penchant for messy organic-looking paintings.

In contrast, however, the clean stark lines of the sea, the crisp air and clear light we have here in N.E. Scotland all make me want to paint pictures that convey the purity of it all too.

Seeing this 'Harbour Lights 2' on thumbnail helps me realise the red harbour light needs to be bigger. Work in progress - ah... there's always work waiting to be done! Always, always.

Thanks for reading!