Monday, 15th May
No.26 – I really like this image, and think it would be a good way to paint Mrs Quick for the Thames flood painting. I like the idea of her having a young face behind a mask with a crone-like nose. I think I will also paint her with an old, gnarled hand, perhaps hanging over the bed.
No.27 – this is a sea painting. I like the dynamism the sea marks give the painting, and I love the eye.
Tuesday, 16th May
No.28 – I love this painting. It too has a dynamism from the sea that is typically absent from my paintings.
No.29 – I really like this one too. Again, it just emerged from the marks left by the sea. It is definitely a helpful starting point for the type of figurative paintings I want to do.
Wednesday, 17th May
No.30-32 – These weren’t sea paintings, but I did use quite a bit of water. Just little experiments.
Thursday, 18th May
No. 33 – I love this one. The sap-green paint doesn’t do well in the sea though.
Friday, 19th May
No.34 – I really like this one, especially the contraption. Again the sap-green went funny in the sea. I want to have phalluses in my figurative paintings, though not as explicit as this (more as a fertility symbol).
Sunday, 21 May
No.35-36 – Interestingly, these two are not sea paintings and, as such, have lost the dynamism of the others. I really like some elements of them, but they are a bit over-thought and rigid.
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