Oil Painting

Auriculas in Terracotta Pot

Oil painting and I had a very brief encounter when I was eighteen, the paintings were okay for a first attempt, but after a short while the excessive amount of oil I had used began to be soaked up by the support leaving a 'shadow' around my painting - our flirtation was over.





I have recently tried again and I have been plesantly surprised and slowed down - much to the amusement of my 'classmates'. Edward, our tutor, has been great and I now understand why mixing colour is so important. So, rather than my usual enjoyment of painting in a rather loose style in watercolour, gouache, acrylic, pencil or ink, I have spent many hours creating my interpretation of a small corner of the garden where a few pots stand together with an old glass lantern with a rusty decaying base and a pot of auriculas.