My Parents

The turbulent and unpredictable one is biomum. Had a bit of a setback emotionally with her this week and I think that is reflected here.

The brighter one is my dad. It still has a sadness to it, like he is retreating further away from me all the time.

I unconsciously painted it in the shape of the Trinidadian flag.

4 Seasons

I hadn't painted in a while what with one thing and another going on so I painted on 4 canvases at once.

I'm actually really pleased with this. It's wild and untamed. Like nature.

It is for sale.

Erica

I did thus in tempera and acrylic on 50 x 70cm canvas.

This is Erica in his natural surroundings. It was a very emotional piece to paint as he is VERY important to me and his encouragement is one of the things that keeps me arting.

Definitely NOT for sale. It belongs to Erica.

Experiments In Indian Ink

I drew this straight onto the canvas hoping for the best and it has come out ok I think. Once it was dry I went over it with watered down acrylic, glitter paint and iridescent medium.

Happy with this.

Kaliegh and Simon

Kaliegh is the woman I refer to as the wife. She is an amazing human being and I love her to bits. She is moving in with Simon and these are how I see them.
They will be going in their new flat and I am very excited about this. The stormy one is Simon as I see the sea in his eyes and the heart is Kaliegh.

Tired. A Self Portrait.

This is me. I look tired. Done in watercolour pencils.

Learning To Draw 2

This is my friend Kate. Kate is brilliant and cheeky and makes the sun come out for everyone even when it won't come out for her. She is the one I gave Beginnings to.

Learning To Draw

I was always told I was shit at drawing. Am learning slowly. This one is me playing with shading by getting a photo, playing with the saturation then drawing that. I used watercolour pencils so not a great idea to get it wet!

This is my friend Julia and is being sent to her in Barbados.

Vagina In Blue

Because not all vagina owners are girls. I am very much into smashing gender norms. They hold everyone back.

50 x 70 cm in acrylic it is for sale. Will post another pic when dry and varnished.

Playing With New Media

I am fast falling in love with tempera. It's really bloody versatile. This is a work in progress as I'm not yet happy with the water.

Walking

This one was done using up the leftover purple that my daughter person hadn't used when they finished a painting. I also used tempera and pound shop glitter paint.

This is a little one. A4 size canvass. I wanted to have a feeling of vastness and cosiness at the same time. It is for sale.

NOW SOLD.

Breathe

Three weeks ago I nearly died. I had a massive asthma attack and it was touch and go for a while. I wanted to paint this to represent both the oppressive feeling of not being able to breathe and the freedom once I could again. I grew up by the sea in Hastings and that has had a huge impact on my art and crafting and even my music choices and writing. The sea is very important to me so it is only right that I document my brush with death with her.

This is painted in tempera and is for sale.

TRINIDAD

I am half Trini. My dad still lives there and I wanted to paint something that addressed that part of me.

So I based this on the colours in a red throated hummingbird as it is the national bird.

50 x 70 cms in acrylic I am quite happy with it.

It is for sale.

Not All Women

This one is already sold but I really liked it and proper enjoyed painting it so thought I would include it on this blog. It is called Not All Women as having a vagina isn't the criteria for womanhood.

I really enjoyed playing with depth and shape using colour and brush strokes and will be fun to paint more vaginas!

Peacock One Two and Three

I got an actual commission for a thing! This was very exciting to me and off I went. The client wanted something in a Rothko type style in peacock colours.

I painted four in the end. These ones are for sale. You can buy them separately or I will do a discount for a job lot. 40x50 cm in acrylic.

This is Peacock One. I like that the squares are off kilter. I wanted it to encompass the eye in a peacock's feather without it being a faithful representation of one.

I purposefully used a lower grade brush for Peacock Two as I wanted some shedding to stay on the painting to represent feathers.

Peacock Three is just plain pretty. I like it very much.

Inside Screaming

This one I painted while in a really dark place mentally. It is heavily inspired by Rothko's work and I am actually very proud of it. Though I was feeling very dark, looking at it now makes me very calm. This one is for sale.

Freedom

This one is also already sold though it is living on my wall until the new owner comes to collect it. I wanted to play with sea and sky and not have them be sea and sky colours. I love this and will be sad to see it go but it will free up some wall space!

Heather

This one is called Heather. I did it for a Scottish friend of mine and I wanted to use the memories of a trip to Scotland when I was 15. Acrylic with a big brush on this. I wanted to convey lots of space but also a sense of privacy.

Beginnings

This was my first painting and it gave me the encouragement to keep it up.
I gave this one away. Acrylic with iridescent medium on this with a touch of scraffito.
I called it Beginnings as it was my first painting and it felt like dawn to me. From the perspective of someone in a boat sneaking up on the house to start anew.