I am really pleased with the work I have managed to do this week … I am a fortunate woman to live where I do and to be able to paint….. This hill called Melbury which I have painted for years since 1976 when I moved to Dorset after being a student at St Martin’s and Goldsmiths…..
To me the relationship between the artist and the subject is very powerful and important. It seems to me that this hill has helped me to paint. This is certainly true of portraits and it feels true here.
Maybe the process of painting the hill has helped me access something in myself …. But it feels like the hill is my teacher… tells me about my human-ness as I struggle to paint its hill-ness….. and I LIKE the feeling of not-there-yet …. lots more paintings for us to discover together ……
