New Work

I've been busy updating the website with the addition of 5 new paintings and 7 new collages. I'll be adding even more soon - essentially all the new work that was being made for the now cancelled show.
Taster below.

Yellow Spring

The Crossing

The Happening

The Other Studio part two

It's got to the stage of the week now where I start talking to myself. Not just muttering profanities but openly discussing things with myself. I have been here four days. I think this is normal when Albert doesn't really answer back and the only person I spoke to yesterday was the coalman and his accent was unfathomable. It's not something I worry about - in fact I feel fully engaged with myself now - the work is flowing, I feel confident with it. I am missing Ruth and the kids but I'll be back with them tomorrow night. They understand. Peter has been telling Ruth that lot's of his friends Daddies live in different houses to them. Amateur psychologists on here are welcome to send me their thoughts.

I finished painting for the week late last night. Probably when you were all tucked up with your malty drinks. I do have another thirty or so hours here but I need time for it all to dry enough to transport back home. I'll do some more collage work today and I have to practice clay model for a couple of the art workshops I'm hosting over the summer. I may even go for a really decent walk this afternoon if the weather holds. There may even be a pub or two at the end of it.

I've put a few pictures up for your scrutiny below. None are finished pieces. It's mostly groundwork at the moment - I'll add the next layer and maybe some finer details in a few days when this layer is dry. And they may of course change completely.

Paul

collage in action

 

the one about a traditional folk dance that gets out of hand

the one about an alpine village experiencing an incident

the one about a disco on a cruise ship

the one about secret swimming and sirens

the one about the lido

the one about a jam jar with some flowers in it

Website refreshed

Another item on the New Year list ticked off.
The old original Paul Smith website has been refreshed to include a good few of last years paintings and to lose a handful of older pieces that I see as less relevant now. I'm planning to overhaul the website completely later this year but only when I've finished the 20 or so pieces that are currently in development. You should see a significant shift in direction for my work that will be reflected in the design of the site. In the meantime you might see a few clues to the road ahead in the paintings section.