I saw Barbie and I’m conflicted. I didn’t always approve of the film because I read it with a critical mind and having been someone that has researched in the field of culture and youthfulness and beauty I didn’t approve. But speaking as the person who teaches corporate entrepreneurship, culture and marketing I did approve. I admired the genius it is for future sales of ordinary Barbie. Look out for the news stories about queues around Hamleys come Christmas 🎁. So I have mixed feelings about it and they run deep.
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Mixed Three Mixed Media Techniques
Short one this week as blogging from my phone as my laptop died and I cannot decide whether to buy an I pad or laptop.
Meanwhile I’m back in the swing of painting and making as I settle into my new 9 to 5 role. It’s amazing what a rested mind will do for art and creativity.
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High Street Table Lighting Trends: Summer 2023
Three lampshade style trends I’ve noticed in the highstreet this summer (2023) are:
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Putting Skin in My Art Game
I was thinking back on the course I did at CSM this week. Those thoughts helped my plans to integrate paint skins into more of my pieces.
I tried to review at least three of the big famous artworks that use skin, but I got distracted by the work of Frank Bowling. Tate. Arts seem to think he does it, and I need to investigate further. Perhaps it’s that he uses canvas-like skin. I still need to read more of that very long paper.
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Abstract Saturday/ Sunday
Below is a collection of paintings and initial drawings I did at the City Lit Abstract Painting Weekend Course. It was fun. There were lots of other painters there.
Some of us ate at Itsu Covent Garden on the pavement at lunch and watched as the Free Masons tried to recruit more members from people (men walking by. Our lunchtime vista was a strange mixture of men wearing dark Crombie coats, hell’s Angels, and a couple of Harley-Davidsons on the pavement.
Perhaps that inspired me to create this really feminine piece of work below. Some of the feedback in the crit was that I have a really light hand. I felt light creating it, so that was nice to hear.
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