Happy Accident

when painting the cardboard circles to make the circles in space these marks of paint happened on the paper underneath ....which I thought I would make into a composition ....

I then decided it would look better cropped.

It is acrylic on paper.

Pullens Summer Open Studios

http://www.pullensyards.co.uk/

http://www.clementsyard.com/

2nd Weekend in June - just off Walworth Road, near Elephant and Castle

Electric Elephant Cafe - which exhibits and sells the work produced by the artsist in Pullens Yards



looking forward to these open studios - I know one of the painters who has a studio here



Circles into Space 2

continuing to explore circles in space and make sketches from the models .........

Circles into Space

This study I did last week has a constructivist feel to it and prompted others
to make a connection with Calder and his mobiles. So now I am looking at the
work of Calder and considering how to take my circle shapes into space.



Alexander Calder explored movement, motion and colour by creating mobile sculptures that symbolised the universal movement of the solar system. His works are kinetic and dynamic. He experimented with different but very ordinary materials.

Two of Calder's maquettes really appealed to me:
Sail and Peaks 1956
The Nose 1968

I am trying to apply Calder's techniques to my circle shapes develop my
circle ideas......

moving into 3D creates new shapes

Circles

although I am working in monochrome at the moment I saw the bright circles in this out of
focus photo I took this afternoon .......

Progression

flat circle paintings up against the window in bright sunlight!

circles with paint texture in white

flat circles with a constructivist feel.....speaking with other painters we got thinking
of Calder and I may cut out shapes like this as mobiles ..... to suspend the shapes
in space and see where it leads ......

experiment with texture

new work with solid black circle, paint texture and circle outlines

close up of paint texture

Exhibition Mary Ward Centre

exhibiting some of my earlier circle paintings

Queens Square

Cafe open to the public