A Day at the Races 2  SOLD

 

I hope you like this Painting which I have called a Day at the races 2,because I did a similar style painting a few weeks ago. It was sold to a person in Limerick, in Ireland and had created a lot of interest. This is why I decided to paint with a similar theme. I used a photo from a racing mag which actually had two women in it, but I substituted one for a man and I am pleased at how they look really and with the overall feel of the painting which took me about five hours.

 I have painted two paintings this week and will perhaps share the other one later this week. The other one is a snow scene inspired by a lovely day in the snow I had with my family yesterday. I bought a couple of sledges and we took them to a hill near to my home and raced each other down resulting in much falling off, laughter and us returning home wet, bruised and having had a great load of fun.

I started working on the painting about 4.30pm yesterday and finished it today.

I saw some art work this week that I really liked and it was shown to me by a teacher I was working with. He is a Design and Technology Teacher who was trying to inspire a class of teenage children studying GCSE Engineering. He had with him a folder of his work from university many years ago. He is now 39. He explained to the young people that his work was drawn before the internet ever came to be and before any of the wonderful technical drawing programs that people have access to in this time."You must be really old sir",they said which made me feel ancient ,being even older. Anyway his drawing was very technically good and his designs very retro. Most of the work was in felt tip pen and I wish I could show it to you because I was blown away by his designs for simple objects in the home. The designs were something that one might put in a frame and call modern art and he was very humble about them. I got to thinking that so many people are artistically gifted and  like him not really sharing their art.

 The other peice of work I have admired this week was an unfinished picture shared on facebook of a rabbit drawn in pen and ink. My Neice is working on it and has been for some time as it is greatly detailed. I look forward to seeing the finished article.

I watched a lovely programme about ART on BBC4 this week and it was all about the impressionist painters who lived and worked on the French Riviera in the late 1940s/1950s.The works of Mattise and Picasso are inspirational and they had such a lovely lifestyle in the sun.I dream of such a life style of sun mixed with a bit of painting and a lot of relaxing. But for now I will just have to dream on!

 Thanks for looking at my blog, the paintings are selling well and if you do like this one you can buy it by following this link. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170976219535?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649