November into December

My November painted journal (actually four simple signatures) now completed..... The process of painting each day, mostly late in the evening, allowed me to focus..... exploring colour and texture, I found these pages became both richer in colour and grungier. I enjoyed the layering. Some pages have many layers of colour washes. A few collaged over. As a student I painted abstracts and then I moved on to figures, or rather the figures found me. This has been an interesting project for me. I'm continuing to paint in this way, and hope to share more in the future.

What now for December? When I think of December, I think of short days and chilly weather and robins singing in the frosty morning....... lights and feasts...... and playfulness and storytelling. It is the playfulness and storytelling I want to focus on this month. So one of the projects I am going to work through is 'December Chairs' of course.... Playing with scale and my obsession with chairs. I'll post here some previous and new work. (And in January I expect to offer some chair-related work for sale.)

A chair in progress on this first day of December....(yes a yoghurt pot of dilute glue is the happening thing for any artist's studio don't you know:)) Yesterday was such a gloomy wet dark day, but this morning we woke to bright clear skies and frost. White roofs and frozen flower pots. It is the final month of the year - decade. Time to collect together all inspiration for warmth and reflection....