Tinto and Stone Walls 23×30 cm Oil on Canvas
‘Paint the field of intention’.
The words ‘the field of intention’ were with me all day. A weird instruction from my ‘higher self’ if you want to call it that. Words to override the blues and feeling that I might be a tad mad, that I woke up with. Too much time spent alone no doubt!
‘Paint the field of intention!’ …
Ok! I will paint the field … plein air paintings and see what happens … positive action. If in doubt .. Paint!
Always assisted by Maisie the day goes like this …. paint, throw the ball, paint, throw the ball … all day!
She makes it very easy and ensures the ball is in reach …
Both obsessively doing our own thing and keeping each other company.
Crazy Maisie and Me!
I watched a documentary recently about the Japanese artist Hokusai 1760-1849 – who in later life called himself Old Man Crazy to Paint. He did a famous series of woodblocks called 36 views of Mount Fuji. It came to mind as a bit of artistic license crept in – Tinto Hill started to appear in some of the landscapes. Not quite Mount Fuji, but I can feel a series of paintings coming on with views of Tinto! I can see Tinto Hill, with it’s distinctive profile, from the other side of my house.
Ideas come when you paint …
I have mainly avoided landscape painting for a long time but was encouraged back to it the other day by a neighbour. Thank you! I enjoyed my day doing these small oil paintings, studies in the field of the field. A blue start got colourful.
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