Work in progress
2 sketches of my time in the baby days - working towards a big painting looking at identity and motherhood. 1st drawing is a birthing pool shortly after my son swam into the world.
Le déjeuner sur l'homme?
Based on “Le déjeuner sur l’herbe’ by Manet (below), I felt this painting was asking to be swapped round! So perhaps ‘Le déjeuner sur l’homme’?!
Oil and acrylic on canvas 100 x 71cm
Soft pastel portrait
My first go at soft pastels with this portrait of Leon and Emilia, keen to get in the Norwegian sea!
March of Progress
Evolution of women. Pen ink drawing on tracing paper - a family member chucked water over the original!
The Thinker #2
My first sculpture! A second version of a female thinker/doer in terracotta clay. This forms part of my ongoing body of work called ‘A Woman’s Place’.
I’ve learned lots during this process and whilst not happy with it, see it as a step towards something rather than the finished article. The bumpy rotation is due to me turning it on a music stool, but I felt it was a part of the story to give her left side a bit of a theatrical reveal!
Next up, a teeny tiny bronze version. Watch this space.
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Walking through the corn (on the cob?) fields
I realise I have no idea - what is the name of a field of corn on the cobs as apose to a field of corn? Please let me know!
Oil on canvas 51 x 40cm
Part of my artwork sale £300
They took their shoes off and ran in the sand
Oil on canvas 61 x 46cm
Part of my artwork sale £300
Autumn sweep
The yearly quest to capture this autumn loveliness continues!
Oil on canvas 42.5 x 29cm
Part of my artwork sale - £180
I shout at the TV
Last year I fell into conversation with the owner of a shoe shop about her frustation with politicians.
‘I shout at the TV’ she said, ‘but they don’t hear me.’
As world conflicts began and wars raged, I found the image of a silent impotent scream coming back to me. I wanted to explore (and exorcise) my frustation and sense of futility in protesting against current events. Perhaps something personal was also in the mix, but I wasn’t conscious of it at the time.
I decided to paint it as a self portrait in an earthy squat of defiance! The outfit - a dressing gown, the costume of inactivity and staying stuck in one place. The pixelated background began to take over the portrait, seeming to spar with her and ultimately win.
‘I shout at the TV” oil on canvas 90 x 120cm
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Happy International Women’s Day
Here’s a very rough maquette of my female ‘Thinker’. I’ve never done sculpture so have a lot of learning to do which is exciting. I’d like to create this as a bigger more detailed version in time. I’m not even sure what material I’ll be using yet!
Drawing stories
Oil pastel on canvas board 40 x 30cm
This commission was a client’s mother who used to draw little pictures as she told her granddaughter stories. I love the intensity of the child’s gaze and the relationship captured between the two - you can tell she was a good storyteller!
The oil pastel drawing was for a client I met by chance when hanging a print of ‘Wednesday Lunch’ in Em’s cafe Whetstone. She said the elderly woman in the painting reminded her of her mother who sadly passed away in the pandemic.
She chose this image of her mother telling stories to her now adult daughter.
Happy Newish year
I’ve got behind with things so reckon I’m just in time to say Happy New Year! Last year was a biggy for me, including my first solo exhibition which was a great learning curve.
Here’s to a kinder and more peaceful year for the world in 2024.
Clouds 2 print
This limited edition giclée print is available in my new Etsy shop at artlal.etsy.com It’s one of 3 cloud studies that sit together as a triptych or individually. The originals are also still available in my gallery sale
Vitruvian Woman?
Coming back atcha Da Vinci!
Vitruvian Woman is one of my first dry point etching prints. I’ve always wnted to depict the image as a powerful woman giving birth. I did a life size corrugated cardboard during lockdown (haven’t screwed up the courage to share that yet!). This idea has been the springboard of several artworks to come which I’m really excited about. Watch this space!
Giclée prints…of the print are available in my Etsy shop at artlal.etsy.com
ETSY PRINTS LAUNCH
Etsy Christmas prints sale now on!
It’s taken a while but I’m pleased to say I’ve launched a range of my artworks as limited edition giclée prints on Etsy - available in a range of sizes, framed or unframed at very affordable prices. As part of the launch I’m offering 10%off till Christmas. My shop name is Artlal - click here to take a peek!
https://artlal.etsy.com
Autumn view
Trying to capture the beautiful tree out the back before the wind takes all its leaves away. Painted in one sitting with brisk windy brushstrokes!
For sale on the artwork sale page
Cafe prints - supersize!
My art prints are settling in nicely at Potters Pantry and Em’s cafes. Here’s a new one up in Potters Pantry - first time I’ve tried a larger print size than the original painting. I like the way it emphasises the paintbrush strokes and lights and shadows of the thick paint.
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HCA summer exhibition ctd
The second of my paintings in the summer exhibition of Highgate Contemporary Art @highgateart is ‘Sky Clearing’ oil on canvas board 43.5 x 33.3cm
Lots of interesting work to see and buy by 46 local artists https://highgateart.com/summer-exhibition-2023-1
Highgate Contemporary Art Summer Exhibition
Lovely to have a couple of my paintings in the summer exhibition of Highgate Contemporary Art @highgateart. This is ‘View of Highgate from Kenwood’ acrylic on canvas board 29 x 20cm
Lots of great work to see and buy https://highgateart.com/summer-exhibition-2023-1
