Lemon Tree

Heyla Dai - I don't know why you couldn't sign in. I checked before and your name and email address were still there. I'll have another look. I painted this while away - it's the next one in the Change series. Unfortunately it's painted in watercolour on poor quality canvas (was all I could find in the local shop) but I'll varnish it when I get the chance - that should help, shouldn't it?

I know you're busy with more important things and won't be able to reply to this yet, just wanted to post it.

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Heyla Ange - Yes - the whole colourfeel is cohesive here. For me, in terms of the kind of space dislocations, and an unworried colouring it works well in its humming lil mysteries( You still don't quite grasp how 'good' you are at this dislocation 'effect' - it has power - and helps to place and sustain that inherent poesis that you recognise, and want to instill in yr work - This provides that - ie. in this, it wills the looker to go beyond the ordinary 'place' because you show and demonstrate through it that you not only own the space - but are willing to give it back without dismaying the looker or letting them down((which you are getting))) This sort of 'unworried' or unfinicky colouring forms a partnership - for me - with paintings like LION and GREEN APPLES - they both have the same kind of space and form dislocations too. ( therefore their lil mysteries) ... Relook at some Blake if you can - but he's too strong in the stylistic sense in a way - so try looking at some Samuel Palmer - much better than looking at someone like Graham Sutherland frinstance who can lead you down the wrong track - better the Palmers and make yr own way forward from there rather than follow Sutherlands Picassoisms....but as y know, many of P's solutions to animals and many other forms are too good to miss out on.

Water colour on Canvas .hmmmmmmm... that's difficult - Best thing would be to lightly tack the canvas to heavy card and - with that spray fix stuff, treat it gently and get it under glass - the UV light will attack it even through a varnish I think.... but the canvas needs to be stabalised as above because it will be prone to movement and sagging in temperature changes etc - which will eventually pull apart the paint surface.

Dai