Newland Street

'Newland Street'
Canvas, acrylic, oil
18 x 12 cms
Lorna Marrison

'Remembered coolness'

'Remembered coolness'
canvas, acrylic, oil
18. x 12. 
Lorna Marrison

I like seeing the light out of the darkness. Here I pushed the colour cool colour inside and then warm bright ones in the outside. The houses on the other side of the street are in shade and I had to  really struggle to work out how to have 'warm' shade. Do you think it works?

Edit. Have re-photographed the paintings.

Morning bread

'Morning Bread'
Canvas, acrylic, oils
18 x 12 cms.
Lorna Marrison


Could not bear to leave it at a failure so I am posting this one early. Once again a bad photo but the excuse this time is that this painting is all about the colour of the lights. In the photo the nuance of colour in the highlights refused to show but in the painting I did manage to get it so the 'inside' was different from the 'outside'.

Edit. Have re-photographed the paintings.

A failure

Painting on the gold leaf for this picture has not been a success. First mistake was not having the canvas vertical when painting. The gold reflects the light back most beautifully through the paint but I painted the canvas at a 45 degree angle so when I straighten it ... whoops ... a mess. Second mistake was not thinking about paint transparency/opacity. I  should have constructed the inside using transparent colours allowing the glow to show through the paint and used opacity for the outside allowing the gold to be unpainted.

So I have quit on this painting and will retry later.

Lamp at the Queens

'Lamp at the Queens'
Canvas, Acrylic, oils
18 x 12 cms.
Lorna Marrison


I think this is finished. I am pleased with the warm/cold lights on the mugs and like the distorted view of the dancer as this is where my attention was focused. The blobby shine marks on the shade is the light reflecting off the wet oil and when it is dry I will attempt a better photo.

Edit. Have re-photographed the paintings.

"Got it"

I have found that sleeping on a problem often improves my success at solving it. I have admired the verve and movement of Maggi Hambling's portrait of 'Bacon' at the Ashmolean Museum, She uses thick paint to move paint causing it to mix as she goes. I shall step out of my comfort zone and attempt a confident thick mark making and learn ...

Communication

Some studies still on the theme of 'OUT'. This lady who lives in Eynsham walks slowly to the Co-op everyday using her walking frame and often going on to the Red Lion for a morning coffee. She is sitting there watching the Morris Dancers. I am thinking about using the word 'OUT' as part of the painting but think I have a way to go before it works.

'Terra Nova'

In 1200 Abbot Adams of the Eynsham Abbey, as a speculative builder, built Newland street with a wide road for a market. These houses still stand.

I am showing you the under painting of one of these houses. I stand in the future looking out on to the past and seeing a couple of Benedictine monks admiring the new estate.