Loving London & all things Borough

I can't believe this was 2 years ago this week...

she'll be apples if I just keep painting...

a draft in acrylic wash

then work areas with the heavier acrylic with some flow medium

start to establish the relationships between the parts

alter egos are a great way to create pseudo realities...

 

Rachel returned to the arbor in the garden with a strong desire to assert her influence. She was frustrated by her sense of inertness. The stumbling block to her moving forward as always was taking a long time to shape itself in her mind. She sat concentrating hard on the feeling that weighed her down. It was like a concrete block in her upper abdomen, a rock pressing against her ribs and dragging her consciousness toward her very core.

“Oh what?!” she demanded of herself sharply. “Just finish pruning the poor bloody roses and get on with the day.”

Addressing herself was a common habit of Rachel’s. Since her peculiar detour from the sane, self-contained woman she had been in her thirties, to the anxiety-driven and panic-attacked train wreck of her mid-forties, she had allowed such indulgence.

She knew that she had to get moving or the tightness that swelled within her intestines would give way to cramps and gripping pain.

 

Sometimes making art makes art all by itself...or maybe making art makes one crazier all by itself. It was raining... the old bit of white sheeting on the floor of the car was slightly damp and held a pattern from where I had cleaned the roller after a lino print.I liked it as much as the print itself...perhaps even more....

A short story is a written offering with a beginning, a rising plot, literary developments, a climax and thus an ending. It has a traditionally confirmed format but a similar response can be created in the mind of an audience through good art  (or even a group of well linked symbols) that takes the mind on a journey through memory or imagination. How effective is the attachment of ideas and the aquisition of experiences through visual devices for people who struggle to absorb large amounts of text? In this world of debate over the role and levels of literacy required to enjoy a fine quality of life, teach your children to respect the simple drawing skills innate in every person alive.