Drawing
I treated myself to a drawing board, new pencils and paper. Big plans to do much more drawing this year! I thought I'd christen my drawing board tonight. Feels great!The Blue Dress
As good as finished but without a title yet, so for now, it is called ‘The Blue Dress' oil on linen, 50x60cm This painting was inspired by a condition called POTS , something I have lived with all of my adult life. POTS is a fairly unknown condition of the autonomic nervous system which makes you dizzy and faint, at best, and wheelchair/bed bound at worst. I wanted to express the feeling of dizziness and loneliness in a painting. For this painting I looked at medieval art, like Fra Angelico’s architecture and drapery, Vermeer’s use of blue, and of light, I picked pieces from Blenheim Palace and my imagination to put this all together in a vision of Alice in Wonderland-styled confusion and dizziness. For more on POTS, check out the patient charity STARS Edit spring 2012: I did some more work on it, here is the final image:
Hi Sophie - I have two of these Reeves Workstations - they are really handy as they fold away to nothing.
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Your work is so lovely, congratulations on the Making a Mark award.
Yes, I am really pleased with mine! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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