Spent a couple of hours in the Cabine today working up the background and the Dunnock. The 'eagle eyed' amongst you will have noted that the Lowestoft 'Wind-Turbine' features in the background as a 'framed painting within the painting'. As I was applying paint, I thought to myself, if I had painted this back in the 1960s, I would have let the clouds 'escape' from the painted frame - 'surreal'. Well bugger it, I thought, let the 60's painter inside me out for the day along with the clouds!
I reckon I've got a couple more days worth of 'daubing' before the final deed is done and I can move on to another unnecessary project in the Cabine. The Daffs and the Dunnock are both, not quite there yet, but I shall eventually prevail. Come to think of it 'Daffs and Dunnock' makes a good title for the painting!
Which has just reminded me of art classes at my Secondary School in Maidstone back in the 1960s. There was a lad named Ransome who to be fair was quite a gifted painter and one day whilst he was looking at some of my work he said " The best thing about Roberts' work is the titles he comes up with for them". At the time, I was quite devastated but looking back at my career in Architecture, I believe that particular gift did go on 'giving' for over forty years!
It does pay "to not take yourself too seriously"!!! Honest!
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