Pontormo Head

I am at the start of a learning curve, trying to analyse the incredible clarity of the original.

from Pontormo's 'Deposition from the Cross' Santa Felicita, Florence

I love the candy colours and light in this, and his fantastic composition:  this is another painting on the way.

Berlin Shoe Shop

A new painting is starting.  2 women met  again after 10 years in a Berlin shoe shop, and embraced so warmly..

another version of 'The luck of Ginger Coffey'

I am working on this old image, because I like the commonplace of the location, and the isolation of the figure.

ARNOLFINI MARRIAGE 107cms x 87cms oil on canvas

painted today....

I have been working on 'The Arnolfini Marriage'

I think I am nearly there now, practising shapes and colours, and thinking of Delacroix's Journal.  The 2 figures are now closer, and therefore more friendly.

I am very impressed by Wilhelm Sasnal at the Whitechapel Gallery

I have been making a series of small studies of paintings I may well make a lot larger, simplifying the areas and the brushstrokes. Working this way, away from the final canvas, will, I hope hope help me to make more powerful images.