A Gathering in Acland

Tuesday 24 May 2016, 9am

David LeMay, Chris Fletcher and I spent last weekend in Acland with our curator Beth Jackson, doing some work for our Tainted Landscapes exhibition next January. Much fun was had by all.

Beth, Glen Beutel, Dave, Chris and I.

I’m taking a photo of Fletcher drawing me painting.

Halo around the full moon probably caused by mine dust. Glen complained about the noise on Friday night and things were a lot quieter on Saturday.

One of Dave’s paintings from the weekend –

Most of my work from the weekend is preliminary underpainting and drawing. I was taken by the proximity of the moon to Mars and Antares (‘Rival of Mars’ – so called because it’s the second reddest object in the night sky) on Friday night. Might leave this one as is. An ant’s eye view of Acland.

“Red Conjunction”

900x600          20/5/2016        India Ink

“Dry Horizontal”

900x600          21/5/2016        acrylic underpainting

“Abandoned”

900x600          21/5/2016        charcoal

Another inky nocturne. The shop next to the phone booth was gone –

“Stop”

600x450          21/5/2016        India Ink

“Tree Pear Trees”

600x450          22/5/2016        acrylic underpainting

“Nap”

450x600          22/5/2016        charcoal

“Jim’s”

900x600          22/5/2016        charcoal

“Glen’s Memories”

450x600          22/5/2016        India ink