Blue Again

Here's another painting of mine with a predominance of blue. I made prints of these as souvenirs for my wedding. It's a symbol of marriage, the two ducks, as they journey across the water, the drake leading the way. The huge, sturdy lily pads surrounding the ducks, remind me of hearts.....hearts that can withstand the trials of life. Enjoy.

art for art's sake

I've spent the entire evening checking out the art scene on line. I was most heartened to find so many Trini artists on line. I especially liked ARTPUBZ. Here I found Chris Cozier's "Fear....available in stores everywhere" ......boxes labelled with the word fear and installed as tough for sale in a shop or store. can you imagine this extended to racism, corruption,?? What a great way to make a statement. .
I was also intrigued by Adele Todd's performance art........an embroiderer trying to change the crime situation in five days.......the pathos of it......even though the actual embroidered pieces were simple yet beautiful.
There was also another artist who cast shadows on hung sheets. I've always been facinated by the play of shadows on the walls at night but I've never done anything about it.
Finally I paid a visit to Ink Tracks and felt inspired to just relax and enjoy being consistently creative....not worrying about perfection or fulfilling any particular objective.

Perseverance

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In the face of adversity, persevere. This is the second and improved portrait of my friend, Martha. I hope she likes it this time.

Upon comparison with the first one, it is vastly different. I was able to make the improvements by scanning and enlarging the tiny images that she had given me. A pity that I hadn't thought of it earlier. It would have saved a lot of frustration, time and paint. How do you think the second one compares to the photograph?

More fun at Mary's

This little fellow made his way into Mary's studio: a beautiful leaf insect, so delicate and intricate. It was a joy to discover him, just like learning a new technique. I expect that I'll be just as happy when I get to play around with screen-prints, next at Mary's

More Drawings

These drawings were done while "traipsing" around Port-of-Spain and St. James with my friend and fellow artist, Marissa. As an artist, one has to be very discreet when using unwitting models.For, if you are discovered, they may become self-conscious or even down-right surly.

Imaginative Composition

This is one of a series of conceptual paintings that I am developing. However, I am not working entirely from my head because I use real life drawings to work out some of the areas that might be difficult to visualize. fortunately for me, I live on a river-bank so the bamboo that I needed for this painting was readily available. I also did several studies forthe figures until it was right for me.

MONOPRINTS

At last my anticipated monoprinting session with Mary Adam came off yesterday and these are some of the fun results.