Just came back from brunch at ‘Spoons. Weather is gorgeous. So we’re out in the garden.
It’s sooo nice. Thought I’d try and do a bit of arty business outdoors.
The neighbours kids – Ellie and Maya – have a friend over. It’s Easter break. Kids are on their holidays. Screaming girlies! It’s also Teresa’s first day of holiday, today. Conundrum…
INTERLUDE – WORK
I’m rather enjoying the Picassian and/or Priapic naughtiness of the phallic thumb and, er… the whatchu-McCallum? The fleshy pads that form the lower ‘heel’ of the hand?
Well… a quick look online tells me they’re called the thenar and hypothenar eminences! The thenar being below the thumb, and the hypothenar being the other side/half.
I’m finding this one intriguing. And if I zoom in, there are promising areas.
As ever, these pass through several stages. And I’m often left worrying that they’re utterly shite. But I’m managing, just about, these days… to push through that brown wall.
And I actually wi d up liking quite a bit of what I’m doing. At least I feel there’s both so e continuity, with past efforts, and potential, for future developments.
The above has the potential phallic readings in there, a bit. And it also has, for my (total lack of) money, something a bit late Phillip Guston about it. Which I love, of course.
This one, directly above, I really dig. Esp’ in this cropped form. It’s almost statuesque. And, for me at least, it has a Picassian grandeur that combines both weight and ugliness with passion and splendour!
FOOTNOTE:
And this little cropping, of one of the above, gives – I think – a really cool composition.
Does this also have potential?
And finally, working up one of these pieces…
Day’s end. Back in the house…
