Wires, Branches and Barbara Hepworth...

Last May I found this origional Barbara Hepworth signed print in a broken frame, hiding amongst tatt and shattered mirrors, in a charity shop...I bought it for £2, and recently I think I've probably been subconsciously inspired, as just before Christmas I had it properly framed and put in a proud position at home...my morning run has been catching snatches of Hepworth all over the place...as well as wires, balloons and buses...

Light from this weekend...

A lot of lovely light around this weekend; even after the snow melted...

Creeping Back...

Well, for various reasons, I've been taking a blogging break, but I'm just dipping my toe back into the waters, or rather virtual waters, of 5ftInf again.

Have been doing all sorts of things over the last few weeks, including snow and ice, breaking down (in the automobile sense that is, not the mental one; you can't get towed home and stop off for a coffee when it's the latter... ), looking at the sea, looking at the sky, drinking a bit of Guiness, looking at post boxes, and of course looking at the odd telephone box...

and so, here are a few extracts from my eyes...

so, yes...I'm creeping out of the hole and happily holding on!

The Ever Helpful Vicar...

...another bit of '50's frivolity

Tea Drinking and Constant Collage...

Not really back to myself yet...

Can't get motivated to blog properly, I'm afraid...

But I'm absorbing myself in addictive collaging and tea drinking...

(Thanks for all the lovely messages, by the way, on the last post)

A Big Gap...

I've been away from blogging as my Dad died last week.

It was all a bit sudden and I'm still a bit bewildered by it all...

I love this photo which was taken when he was about 5.
So, nothing much to say, I'm afraid, but here is what my eyes have been looking at...

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...and my Dad's pride and joy; The Screaming Baby making friends with the fish!

Where the rust and water went...

Well, I've put my fear and fascination of rust and metal in water into my recent paintings.

I'm a bit of a fiddler, so these may not be quite finished...or they might be...I have to live with them for a bit, but I've really enjoyed the process of creating them, which has taken some time: because there are so many layers, I've had to be really patient letting each one dry, whilst trying to keep them looking wet...

...and this is one below I've been playing with for a while, (some of you might remember it in a slightly different way, from an earlier post 'Up Close and Underneath');
It's become a lot murkier over the last few weeks!