blue and yellow don't make green

[some small green paintings]green abstract stripe paintings - contemporary art for sale onlinewith shades of... peridot, emerald, verdigris, chartreuse, viridian, teal, chrome, lime, sage, mint, fern, olive, leaf, willow, grass, pine, forest, khaki, moss, mould, lichen, algae, seaweed....green striated abstract square paintings on paper[more small green paintings - sold]more small striped abstract paintings on paper...edit: the current exhibition at southwold in which i am one of eight artists exhibiting, is now likely to stay up until december 2009, and there is also the opportunity to rotate or replace the artworks we have on display... read more about the southwold art exhibition.

five o clock shadows

find myself wanting to sketch something outdoors each day... grabbed a few minutes on the way to an exhibition preview... was taken by the long shadows cast across a field by nearby trees... in graphite and pencil...sketchbook drawing[5pm... field with shadows, and trees]sketchbook graphite pencil drawing - fields[sketch... detail] i liked this corner best, in the mix of lines...mosaic abstract[sketch reduced to a mosaic in photoshop]from loosely representational to sharp abstraction in one easy step...curious how drawing is so different to writing, how you hold the drawing implement, the speed of drawing, the many changes in direction, from the loose, gestural scribble to clawed marks, choppy angled slices, flowing arcs or undulating contours... what's not to like?this interest in drawing for drawings sake is really about the interaction with open spaces, far removed from the claustrophobia of a room i call my studio... so the search must continue...