Working Title "SELF PORTRAIT AS DR. MANHATTAN ON MARS (After Dave Gibbons / Watchmen)"

A painting came out of those recent drawings. This is something I had been cooking in my head for quite a while but even so I was really unsure how to finalise the design. I've just glazed the 'sky' area & I might still do so for the "gaseous clouds" when they are dry. Probably gonna glaze the 'land' area as well, to knock the brushwork back a bit.

Really struggling with this one on consistency of mark-making across the entire picture plane...

EDIT: after a LOT of faffing around I gave up, and killed it (painted over.) Will attempt again some time.

Using up some oil paint left on the palette...

Continuing to develop ideas for this new series..

LAYLA I, 2019

Layla I, 2019
oil on canvas
120 cm. diameter

Layla1-8: Tell me Easter's on Friday..

Almost done.. :

ALIGNMENTS, 2008(18)

Done!

Alignments, 2008(18)
oil on canvas
60 x 50 cm.

Layla1-7: Party fears two?

I was having trouble deciding whether or not to keep the balloons. 

Thankfully I have available to me graphics manipulation tools! (what a time to be alive etc..):

I think that dispute is now well and truly settled.

Layla1-6: Working...

Layla1-5: Work is progressing

Layla1-4: Happy New Year!

At some point on NYE I decided I was going to finish some of the paintings I have lying around the place. So I started with LAYLA I and the first act was to completely change the composition:

BAIT AND SWITCH, 2009(18)

Bait and switch, 2009(18)
oil on canvas
20 x 24.5 cm.

[Destroyed]

Been developing ideas for a new series

Mostly this stuff is coming to me in visions and dreams...

Sometimes you have to face the facts..

.. bite the bullet, and do what's gotta be done. Bye bye {Archaengle}:

TWO IN THE BUSH, 2001

Two in the bush
hand-coloured wood-cut
66 x 34 cm. (printed area)

A.G.M., 2002

A.G.M., 2002
oil on canvas
64 x 91 cm.
private collection

FIRST TO THE FUTURE, 2002

First to the future, 2002
oil on canvas
36 x 24 cm.
private collection