Show Time

This composition is basically a rounding up, follow on or conclusion to a batch of work that I had produced earlier on, which was a good idea, but basically got nowhere!

It was about pub signs, but in a contemporary fashion.

I mean, what would "the Lad in the Lane mean in todays terms"

I also made up some contemporary names like "The Cheap Flight" "the Double Dip", or "the Black Swan"

With all these (and more) titles contained within - it surely must qualify for the title "Composition"



My first effort which I temporarily lost.

And then painted another to replace it.





Family Post

 

 

A lovely spring afternoon walk in Sutton Park, I wish spring would come back to us!

 

 

 

 

 

Good places for an ambush. (with the illustrations for "Achilles Shield" in mind.)

To the tune of "black dogs in the sunset"

Mud mud, glorious mud,
There's nothing quite like it for cooling the blood,
So follow me follow,
down to the hollow
and there let us wallow
in glorious mud.

An evening walk down to the canal, as I remarked to the barmaid, "it's more like early December than late April"



We went to this bar specifically to snap a portrait for Aydin. I was also very keen on the way the reflection of the bottles blended into the night lights of the buildings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moderate or good, occasionaly poor.

Basically, these are doodles produced later on in the evening with half an eye on a detective drama on the box and a can of tipple in the other.

Reflections of the sky from a well

A couple of Joes at one with a disappearing dog.



Don't mind if I do.
Character doodle for "Show Time"





Imminent blossom




Just Looking,
two more for "Show Time"



Leading the brides from the first splendid city, Note for a collection of work based on Achilles Shield.

Life (goes on) within a shell.
A little ornament that I grew up with, no bigger than a tea-cup.

 

Moving in.



 

Slightly perplexed vegetable worried about frost.



Old Furrie finally finds the cupboard

Another comfortable place to land

Spring bun.



A tray of vegetables



Thorny Stone

There were three of them.

The King of Spring

 



With encroaching designs for Aydins music







Covers

(with this blog in mind - following my failure to adjust the title page)

 - - - - A list of possibles.

I wanted to change the "cover" for this blog and ran into innumerable difficulties!
These were some of the "possibles" that crossed my mind. 

Let the Show begin




a video still, not big enough

Comment on a possible exhibition of contemporary pub signs

Swami and friends, Jakarta, all those years ago








Some murals I did a while ago - too personalised

swimmin



Too black and white, mind I think this one has legs

Quite a hoot, but for me personally - maybe put it as my computer screen.

Well, I offered it up as a cover for this site, but this site wasn't playing ball.
I think maybe its a case of "one shot, one life"
I f you don't get it right from the word go, you have immense problems.

A set of snaps from a stage background I painted ten years ago which has unfortunately vanished

The one I chose to replace the old cover, but which has in fact chosen to read you, not yours.

I think this was from Italy some 20 years ago, again as a cover it has exceeding possibility but is ---
just a sketch.

Massed Elven Choir.
Needs thickening up



Would be good for some sort of nature thing

A Wooden Om - Already belonging to another blog

The Argonauts, Mural at the old Birmingham library, back in 2009.
Again, too specific.





"A room of my own" from Sunday Observer colour supplements back in the early 80's