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Now that I have my camera rig set up, there’s a better work flow with doing the artwork and filming at the same time.

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You might have seen some of my drawing and painting time lapse videos recently. I’ve been working on solutions for filming with varying success.

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One of my collectors likes the way I frame my paintings. So for each work of mine that he adds to his collection I also frame them before I send them to him.

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Here’s a brief snapshot of the studio in its current state. This is where the action happens. It’s a small space, but I’ve optimised it.

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We have to unlearn how we THINK we see to learn to SEE. Our biggest battle is own conceptions vs our perceptions.

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After Rembrandt left the studio, I needed some one else to keep watch over things. So the Spanish painter to the court of King Phillip IV, Diego Velázquez (1599 – 1660) was it.

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So Banksy does it again. One of his artworks shredded itself the moment it was sold on Auction at Sotheby’s.

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I usually don’t get that attached to my paintings. I just sold my Rembrandt portrait. I must admit a certain amount of reluctance because, I enjoy having the old chap around the studio.

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I’ve explored a few ruined castles now and Emmerberg would have to be one of the best.

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A cold mountain river cleaves its way between two massive mountains, etching its course into a deeper gorge with each passing aeon. For a brief moment in that expanse of time Peter Gric and I navigated our way along its twisting course.

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This is my studio view at the moment. I’m out of the city for awhile at Peter Gric’s house in the country.

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The mountains, forest and cold rivers are my Summer studio.

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I did things a bit differently this time around. I marked out the drawing on the canvas in ink rather than pencil and I also blocked in some of the shadows to force me to concentrate on the values of the painting.

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a play of light and shadow… starting drawing time again

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At the threshold, on the eve of, when life morphs into something else, do you stand and hesitate or do you dive headlong in, or will life push you?

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A rant about the does and don’ts of what media to mix and not mix with your oil paint.

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With the last painting only just finished and barely dry, I’ve started two more straight away.

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This painting has just found a new home with one of my biggest collectors.

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Many people talk with their hands, adding extra emphasis to their verbal communication.

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New beginnings… work in progress, finally starting a larger work again.

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