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Bootham Culmination (or not)
So, we are approaching the final stroke – the coup de grace. Jonathan will I’m sure be relieved: he will get his life and his sitting room back, whereas I will be…
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Kate
Finished a portrait of daughter Kate yesterday; don’t think I’ll be allowed to sell it though!
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Bootham 4
Nine ‘o’ clock start in York. Jonathan has some new glasses so we had to decide whether to change the picture or carry on with the old pair. Since there was a…
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Bootham 2
Second day at Bootham school and after working late in the studio last night I’d slept in! All a bit of a rush to get to York as soon as possible…
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Portrait Commission
Today was the first day working on a commission to paint Jonathan Taylor, headmaster of Bootham school in York. The school has a long tradition of commissioning portraits of headmasters dating back…
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Back in the South West
Great to be back in Devon again; staying with friends and visiting my old haunts. I crossed the Tamar into Cornwall today, had lunch at a decent little pub and made some…
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Unpredictable Days.
Funny day yesterday – everything seeming to go wrong in the morning. By lunchtime I managed to get into the studio but even then, on a bitterly cold day, the damned wood-burner took…
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Collage, Paint, Mixed Media
I’m having a great time playing with paint, glue, ripped up newspaper and other stuff at the moment. I haven’t used collage for years but it gives a different feel to the…
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