I made some drawings of my parents having a snooze way back in the late 90s. I have gone back to these drawings to create a colourful painting out of memories and current experiences. My mother really did have a gold-beige chaise longue and my father has a wing chair (though it isn’t red and stripey! Their house if full of art but the monoprint on the wall is one I haven’t yet made, with some of my favourite masks. My mother’s dress was from Next and m and my sister also had it in different colourways. She embroidered the cuhion, though in more naturalistic colours. I like the cyanotype look!
(Mostly) watercolour portraits
I make quite a few portraits. Some in Acrylic for special occasions (usually of my children). Some to try out new media (for example, gouache, although
I do have a self-portrait in coloured biro somewhere). But most often, I like to wander over to Unsplash or Pexels, where very generous photographers
allow people like me to use their photos for practice and relaxation. And I like to use clear watercolours for this. My favourite brand is Golden’s QOR colours for their modern, bright hues.
I might offer any and all of these paintings as prints some time. This will probably be in A5 or A4 size, no bigger.