No place like home

We were recently gifted this painting by my mother who, after a long period of abstention, has finally lifted a paintbrush again.  Jolene and I were delighted to receive it, not least of all since it’s a painting of our (and our neighbours) house, it’s based on a photo from a couple of years back and features one of my nephews a long with our wee lad and lass.  Of course, all we need to do now is find somewhere to hang it which, given the state of disrepair our home is currently in is easier said than done!!

Typically, the photograph has washed the colours out and no amount of fiddling in the photo editor, with my limited skills, was going to fix that I’m afraid.  Still it was a lovely gesture and Jolene and I will be delighted to hang it … just as soon as we have somewhere to hang it!!

Devilish abstract in watercolours and acrylics

I decided to do this after Jolene’s last post in which she was using toilet paper as a medium for her ATC’s (Artist Trading Cards).  I really liked the way her colours worked out and I saw something dark in her little pocket sized pieces of art.

I suppose some folks might consider this plagiaristic in some sense, although I don’t personally see it that way.  Certainly the image I’ve created contains elements from Jolene’s paintings, although I have used toilet paper in paintings previously (admittedly not to the same extent).  I heard this quote the other day though, and I’ve heard it before, although I can’t remember where:

… every artist is a cannibal, every poet a thief …

I suppose the notion being that there is no such thing as an original idea, only an amalgam of other ideas.  Certainly my inspiration here comes from somewhere different than Jolene’s.

The painting was done on a 12″x12″ canvas layered with loo roll and partly sculpted/molded to generate the raised area, this was overpainted with watercolours and later dry brushed with acrylics.