Tiger trilogy

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Here are three small paintings I've just finished.

Formal abstract expressionism

Thought I'd post regarding the term formal abstract expressionism. It describes the work I'm doing at present and so I thought I'd go and check out Google to see who else fits the bill. Amusingly the only site that came up (ooh er) was a site about big boobs. So I guess thats where I'm going wrong. I should be painting big boobs and stop all this formal abstract expressionism nonsense!

after

Enlargement

Here is the after shot of the painting mentioned earlier in the blog referred to as before. The painting is now called struggle and is finished. Its battered and scarred but it represents my transition from pretty pictures to hard core abstract expressionism. Listen to all along the watch tower (the Hendrix version) really loud for the full affect.

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Enlargement

Here are the latest paintings on the wall including "Struggle" in the middle.

Whats on the easel 111205

Enlargement

Here is the latest easel shot. It shows the three paintings on the easel shot from 051105 now reworked and almost complete. These three paintings and the slightly larger painting called struggle are the first in the new series of work.

Paula Rego

Theres a Paula Rego exhibition on locally (Brighton Museum and Art Gallery) and someone pointed it out to me. Alongside this there was a talk by Paula today which I just managed to sneek into. I'm not a Rego expert but have been interested for while because I'm a line artist as well as a painter and Paula is a very good drafts women. Anyway I thought the talk would be a good way to get to know her and her work quickly and I was right. Meeting the artist in this case was very enlightening, for a start some of the pictures appear quite dark but from her talk it was clear there is a lot of humour in there. She definitely understands magic!She's very much an individual and a long way from an expressionist, old school you could say. When asked what amateur artists should do she replied "learn to draw" (quite right), she emphasized drawing what you see not whats in your head.The show is quite a big one and well worth going to see. Allow an hour or two.Don't go too close to the cushion man though!