Artist's Drawing & Inspiration - USA (2019-09)

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INSIGHT

andinspiring.Anothergreatread
is ‘Colour’byVictoriaFinlay,an
exceptionalandinformativeadventure.
Mypassionis thepowerofthe
imagination.Myprimaryinterestat
themomentis attainingthetechnical
skillsandfinessetorevealthefull
scopeofthatimagination.Inmy
majorworks,I liketotella tale.I try
toretainsimplicity,whilstoverlaying
it withsophisticationanddetail.In
manyofmyworks,a simplefigure

willunderpinthecomposition

andanyintricacyofdesign.

Myartisticinterestshavehad

thesamebasisforaslongasI can

remember,thoughI havecertainly

broadenedinmytastesandtheway

inwhichI expressmyselfartistically.

I seemyselfasa developingartist.

A fewoftheartistsI admire

are:Klimt,Mucha,Dali,Bosch,

Rembrandt,Monet,VanGogh,

KatheKollwitz,NormanLindsay,

BrettWhiteley,RolfHarris,Luis

Royo,MichaelParkes,H.R.Geiger,

PeterGric,MarcusWills,Michael

Zavros,VincentFantauzzo,andDel

KathrynBarton.Aneclecticbunch!

I haveusedgraphite,colourpencils

inalltheirvariousforms– ink,pastel,

watercolour,etcetera– charcoal,conte

crayonandwatercolour,acrylicand

oilpaints.Mysurfaceshavemostly

consistedofvarioustypesofpaper,

butmostlygoodqualitywatercolour

Samona seat

KookaburraTwo

PippySwings

TafraMinimalistDrive

Detailfrompaintingentitled"GloriousDay"