At the beginning of the year I thought about how I wanted to create work for 2021 and decided that instead of working in a series, as I have the last few years I would work on paintings individually or in pairs.
I thought that it would take some off the pressure off, not needing the paintings to work together as a whole. I questioned why I was always forcing myself to complete a series when I don't have a solo show to prepare for . It was impossible to see the whole group at the same time because of the size of my studio.
So that's how I started.
My plan was to make a painting available for sale whenever it was finished.
I've been able to let myself explore different sides to my painting, sometimes I've allowed myself to use free gestural brushwork and discover beauty in paint colours interacting , and others I've worked more deliberately . building up in thin washes of acrylic glazing to create a very different effect.
Even though each painting went off on its own direction, because I worked on them simultaneously the paintings started influencing each other .
While I have sold a few paintings to online followers who approached me direct to buy , here I am in June uploading what looks like a series of paintings. I wonder if others can see similarities or links between the different paintings even when I don't try.
