Cold and bright weather has been the norm for the past few days. Waking up and looking out the window, the brightness and intense blue of the sky has been teasingly deceptive. Winds sweeping in from the arctic have been keeping much of this April really cool.
A walk up Ruberslaw on Sunday helped to shake out the cobwebs and acted as a make shift tonic for the back to school blues...me too!
All's well now writing this on Monday evening.
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| Looking West form Ruberslaw |
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| A Storm Howard Hodgkin 1977 |
A few days ago I came across this painting by Howard Hodgkins on the Tates blog.
Looking at his work again I was reminded of how important the titles of his paintings are (at least to me). In their directness they help to open up his world and make it more visible.
His landscape/weather related paintings are pure poetry. Seemingly simple strokes and colour ways speak volumes in terms of precipitation, isobars and temperature gauges.
On a more practical level they are, as if by the process of osmosis guiding me to taking a looser approach to the second Ruberslaw painting I'm working on at the moment.
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| Quick study for Ruberslaw 2 |
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| Ruberslaw 2 detail work in progress |
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| Trigpoint seat |
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| Looking towards the Cheviots |
See these paintings below and much more online
here
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| Dirty Weather |
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| Fog |
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| Thunder |
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| Rain |
I've seen Hodgkins work live many years ago. Quite a thrill.
ReplyDeleteLovely studies and connections.
Love your marks :)