From stubblefield to studio

18 February 2013

It has been sunny and windless, and On Trwyn Bychestyn a Rock Pipit sang his parachuting display flight.
Song Thrush and Chaffinch singing in the garden, the ground drying, crocus open in the sun.
The first two Ladybirds I have seen this year.
Everyone says its nice to have it dry at last. Walking is easier, we all feel optimistic.

                                            Field painting, acrylic. A3

                                             Monoprinting using paper stencils

                                             Field paintings, acrylic, all A3

                                             Detail of monoprint

                                             Detail of painting

                                            Detail of painting

As always with my sort of process of working I'm behind the event, so the studio work is still mulling over the January stubbles and sheep fields, full of feeding Lapwing, Fieldfare, Redwing, Chaffinches, Golden Plover. I'm working on another monoprint and thought it may be interesting to show it under construction and some of the acrylic field paintings (from the car).

Plovers

                                          Golden Plover and Oystercatchers, Porth Neigwl
                                           Monoprint    


February 10th 2013

The first day of my blog.  Raining. Studio day, monoprint of stubblefield birds from paintings I made several weeks back near Porth Neigwl. A flock of 100 Lapwing are feeding in a field on the way to Rhiw, a reseeded field which is wet-lying and earthworms are easy to find. Gwyd found them there, with Curlew, on his way to and from work, stonefacing a building renovation on Rhiw.