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Project LV One – Day 170 – Over Ambitious

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Guthlac

One of the many walls that I am hitting as I start this painting odyssey is being far too ambitious.  For years I have been able to create really moody images using photography and photoshop.  So naturally I’m attracted to such … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 169 – Internal Contradictions

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Guthlac

I have learnt the hard way that there reaches a point in the life of any painting that the internal contradictions are greater than the paintings ability to recover.  When this point is reached then there is only one thing … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 167 – Old Grey Man

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Guthlac

Forms are being completed, interviews booked – oh the joys of getting your name back on the system with the right documentation! Still it is my fault so I have no one else to blame but myself. As a means … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 157 – The Point of No return

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Guthlac

It has been my experience that a point is reached with any painting that the internal contradictions are so great that you either say enough is enough or you scrap the whole thing and start again.  I feel I have … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 154 – Variations on what is ‘real’

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Guthlac

yesterday I had an interesting conversation on what is real in art – specifically when does one art work morph into another.  This was brought about when we were discussing the validity of images made from old slides and neg’s … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 153 – the eye’s have it

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Guthlac

It has been a hard road to get these eyes somewhere near right but I think I am getting there.  

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Project LV One – Day 151 – Tilt

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Guthlac

One of the reassuring things about not being the first in something is that you know many have been there before.  So it is with painting…I know that many painters before me have reached a point when they realise that … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 150 – Cry Havoc and let slip the dogs of war…

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Guthlac

Once more unto the breath…   Enough of the Shakespeare …enough.  Anyway I am painting again and over these past few weeks the one thing I have learnt about how I paint is that I need to reflect on my … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 142 – Grey and Colour

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Guthlac

So I continue to work on my latest grey painting and I feel it is progressing slowly – there is something missing and I am not at all sure what that it is.   In the meantime I pulled a … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 140 – Not so lethargic

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Guthlac

Yesterday was just one of those days…I do seem to be getting a lot of those at the moment. Today it is back to the easel and paint, paint, paint.  This is the start of another painting in the Grey … Continue reading →

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