October Lament

..." a gathering of shining starlings

sitting slanted on an earthen roof "...

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...hoping for a murmuration one day...

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Looking Back..to look Forward...

This time we are all sharing is very strange indeed.

Some days I'm feeling normal...some days seem very dark, even in all the sunshine we've had here in the North West of England.

Talking to friends it seems they are also looking back at their lives.

I've had a long life and mostly a good one...noone has a perfect life!!

I'm looking through files of art that I've made over many years and am amazed at how much I'd forgotten...and how much achieved.

By that I don't mean that any of it was remarkable in some Oh My Goodness...way!

But today I'm posting a few of the life drawings that I've made in various studios and galleries.

Penketh

 Liverpool

 Warrington

Warrington

Florence

Birkenhead

Hope I manage to get back to some studio again one day!

Sketch and paint...right handed.

I haven't sketched anything since I broke my left wrist...

well if I'm honest..

I haven't sketched or painted anything since last August in Donegal with Rosie's Art Group sketching holiday.

So the wrist has been a good excuse!!

I keep telling the family to stay creative...I thought it's about time I did something for myself!

So I dug around in my studio and found a sketch book..sorted the desk easel and opened up my paints.

Right handed drawing is so hard!!

I'm in awe of those artists who do it!

The weather is warm

The flowers are beautiful.

I chose these auriculas for the first tentative go.

Forbade the potter from saying.."that's good".

Daft...isn't it...just feeling my way back in.