When in the studio when not working from life - I might work from sketches, other paintings, photographs and my imagination. Usually several different paintings are going on at once ..... music and dancing about! I cannot paint sitting down the energy is wrong.....
I believe that drawing and obsevation are essential skills for any artist. I am very glad that since going to life classes at Epsom Art School at the age of 13 my practise has been to draw with direct and consientious observation, ruthlessly discarding anything that was found to be 'not true'.
The journey has changed. Truth, authenticity. I feel I am finding new priorities- what concerns me now is to trust and celebrate the instinct of my mature years.
