MANOEUVRES, 2019

Manoeuvres, 2019
oil on canvas on board
35 x 65.5 cm.

Been struggling so I started a painting of Dennis, Andy's dog

CAUSAL ASYMMETRY, 2019

Causal asymmetry, 2019

oil on canvas

58 x 57.5 cm.

[Destroyed]

OBBLY II, 2019

Obbly II, 2019
oil on canvas
45.5 x 66 cm.

LUPIN I, 2019

Lupin I, 2019
oil on canvas
65 x 45 cm.

OBBLY I, 2019

Obbly I, 2019
oil on canvas
35.5 x 45.5 cm.

Lupin update

Nearly done!

Obbly update

Green one is done. The other one just needs varnish..

Lupin update

Not getting very much work done just lately...

Lupin update

Obbly update

Obbly I is done. Obbly II is almost done just a bit of detail and a glaze.

Lupin update

Tunnels

Looking at this drawing of Huinga Tunnel by Sir Tosswill Woollaston it struck me that they are quite a good thing to draw:

Right up my alley etc..

Lupin :heart_eyes_emoji:

Started something new: a portrait of Shannon's cat Lupin:

She's a beauty...

I hope I manage to leave the house at some point this weekend..

.. but if I don't it'll be because I've been working on this (see previous post) the entire time:

This is also the current state of the first Obbly portrait, waiting on (what I hope is) the final glaze:

It's Friday evening and I'm starting another portrait of Obbly..

The source picture is a printout of a photo of a photo of a photo of a (Polaroid) photo which I took of her in 1999 and which is lost -- like all Roy Batty's moments and Obbly herself -- in time. She was also the source for The eyes of a killer, 2001 and appeared (twice) in Self-portrait as Noburo Kuroda's kitten, 2001.

MOON BOOTS, 2019

Moon boots, 2019
oil on canvas
45 x 35.5 cm.

Progress shots..

You probably can't tell but Obbly got a nosejob..

You know it's a myth that fish have no memory

Obbly update

Update

Started something else new..

It's a very small canvas, as you can see.

I had to paint Layla's jewellery in..

Without it just wasn't right.

I've also updated the catalogue entry for this painting..

And with bottle of wine in hand, started something else new..

Started a little portrait of Obbly

Obbly a.k.a. Oblomov (Wikipedia) also once appeared (twice) in Self-portrait as Noburo Kuroda's kitten, 2001.

Started something new..

MAGAZINE, 2019

Magazine, 2019

oil on canvas

50.5 x 50.5 cm.

You know evil, know it well..

Started something else new:

(It first appeared here..)

At the moment it's quite hard to look at, which is not the best state of affairs, so I think it's going to be slow / careful going..

Started something new

More arguments

This is one which I executed in paint in this abandoned painting -- a shitty effort:

Present (and future) supporting arguments..

A couple of sketches from some time back.

KNITTERS to completion

Added a cadmium red med semi-transparent glaze (in better light the underpainting shines through a bit more, as planned):

Some improvised decoration and we are done. Off to the drying room for a week or so until time to varnish. Still needs a title!

Working title: KNITTERS

Started working in the detail:

MELEE, 2019

Melee, 2019
oil on canvas
24.5 x 20 cm.
private collection

ACCEPTABLE RATE OF ATTRITION, 2002

Acceptable rate of attrition, 2002
wood-cut
23 x 27 cm. (printed area)
private collection

Update

This is an object (also abject) lesson in patience a.k.a. not adding a layer of paint until the one beneath it has dried properly so that it doesn't pick up the pigments and screw up the the transparency and tonality of the new layer. Oops.

A rescue mission was launched.

Also have to really make sure that the back toes of the back foot curve away from the edge of the canvas so as to avoid the creation of impression that the composition is jammed into the right edge.

Sunday afternoon: French synth prog & pizza

MODERN ROCKET BASE, 2002

Modern rocket base, 2002
wood-cut
26 x 24 cm. (printed area)
private collection

Started something new..

Brightblack morning light

It was bugging me that the 'MAGAZINE 2019' progress shot here was reminding me of something else, and then it hit me: it was the jacket of Brightblack Morning Light's debut album from 2006:

Friday night: 2 beers and some nice light

I think that one's finished.