venturing forth into the town I just managed to catch the most perfect light, standing on one of the park benches along the high-street allowed me the perfect view right to the end of the street above the heads of the hustle and bustle of life as people went about their business.
This is my first large piece for the Doodle Bar Exhibition next september and is in distinct contrast to the ginnel pics created earlier in the year, measuring 120 x 60 cm.
There was no initial sketching as is usually the case for me and my concentration was on the colours of the sky and the absence of distinct shadowed areas, it is not the best picture but I guess that is why I am a painter and not a photographer! Canvas is my support of choice, there is something a bit special about painting on canvas, I dont know what words can best describe it as it is more of an affinity with the material more than anything else.
As I stood there looking over the heads the streets were busier than normal, it had nothing to do with the christmas rush as there is little in evidence to suggest the time of year however I could not but help to feel a little, anger, frustration, sadness even that, with promises of an International food market and music, it takes little to drag people from their homes, sadness that so many remained tucked away during the recent Remembrance Day Parade and anger that the simple thought of food was the driving force behind the people attendance in the town when a third of the world is experiencing starvation, a point brought home all the more as I watched one of the local homeless people rushing to wherever he was going.
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