RECLAIM / RECYCLE 2

Whilst waiting for the paint to dry on the previous work I set to on this one which, Im sure you will agree is just awful. Having no idea of what is going to happen is scarry but releasing at the same time. I knew it was going abstract but had no idea of what road it would take me down.

Well, this is the result of the journey >>>>>

It isnt quite finished I dont think, and the eventual application of varnish will alter it yet again. But that is a while in the future. I may reappraise what Im showing on July 24 to include these abstracts, or maybe I will mix them up as its a diferent kind of showing and doesnt need to be a "body" of work, as they put it.

I also started a completely new abstract today, so as you can tell, I have been pleasantly busy..........but what a long week its been. Waiting for a phone call or an email and putting other plans on hold and then not getting the awaited message is a real down-er. It makes the time really drag by. I didnt get the residency at Chinderton School...... did I say that yesterday?.....anyway, even though it was bad news, at least they had the decency to tell me. One post I applied for and was interviewed for have started advertising in the local press again and not so much as a thankyou but no thankyou from them! I wouldnt want to work with people like that anyway, so its probably best that Im out of that one, but it doesnt excuse their rudeness. Emails cost nothing, like courtesy. I had the same problem a few years ago when I was unemployed for 18 months. Ah well, que sera, sera.

Next week I plan on a day trip to London, which Iwas going to do this week but for the afformentioned expectation, to take in some art, Alison Watt in the National, and a retro spective of......erm....darn, forgot the name........at the Tate Modern and if time, any other shows I can get into. I need a fix. I wouldnt mind going to Liverpool for the Kandinsky retro at Tate Liverpool, but have you seen the cost of trains? The car is an option, and I will use it to London, but have never driven to Liverpool, so if anyone has any ideas please let me know.

O.K. think Ive blogged enough for now............and soapboxed ! lol.