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| My Pottery Studio - with Easel and Paints! |
The kiln is on again today. It’s the
second glaze firing, so fingers crossed. But since I’ve been doing pretty much the
same thing recently as my last blog post (making more glazes, bisque firing,
glazing pots and packing the kiln) I thought I’d blog about something a bit
different today.
Remember how my blog is called Pots
and Paint?! Originally when I started writing this blog back in 2009, painting
was supposed to be the ‘main’ thing I was doing. Ceramics was a newly
discovered obsession of mine that I’d only been dabbling in for a few years.
But it quickly became obvious that pottery was taking over. In fact about two years ago I said to myself, ‘You know what Jude, I think you’re a potter…’
So the painting got left behind. But
the good thing about that was I no longer felt guilty for not painting. In
fact, as soon as I made the decision to focus on pots, the pressure was lifted
and the idea of painting became more enjoyable. Which is the point after all!
Anyway, recently my sister Sue asked
for a set of small paintings for her kitchen: something simple on a
Mediterranean theme. And so I thought I’d blog about this latest one I painted
for her a couple of weeks ago (I’m sure she won’t mind me sharing it!) As you
can see from the photos it’s a simple still life in acrylic, featuring a bright ripe
tomato and single clove of garlic.
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| Finished Canvas |
The canvas is very small - about 6
inches by 4 inches with a deep edge – and I’ve continued the background onto
all four edges of the painting so it has a slight three-dimensional feel when
viewed from all angles: which makes sense I think when you’re sitting at the
kitchen table!
So I was quite pleased with the
results – and luckily Sue was too! I think it's actually good for
me to paint now and then; as a kind of ‘holiday from pots’. The process
seems to use a different creative mind-set and momentarily stops me thinking
about pots all the time…
By the way, here’s a link to my sister’s blog.
