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This post seems to have started off as what I was producing this February.
For the main part digitally.
Some being digital collages, but most ending up on the computer.
One big factor in this is the non-quality of light around this time of year,
especially when I'm "light saving" by using as much of it as possible outside
& not in front of a canvas.
At least when I sit in front of the screen there is some sort of balance as to how the colours work together.
"Forgotten" because whilst sorting through files, thinking of maybe re-working some old stuff I came across some images that had no recollection of painting.
I also came across a rough for a painting (that I had forgotten about!) that was far superior to the then finished article. An especially challenging one to re-work.
(Pringle Bay)
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Apple of my life Alan Morris What is this Martin? Is it made of glass? Can't work it out. its what I call a digital collage collage, two photos one drawing then knitted together with a basic computer art programme. Alan Morris It's lovely. Did you paint on a slide then? no, just mixed stuff up. Although stained glass is my hobby - or was, the materials are far too expensive for me to casually carry on nowadays. |
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It was a crisp spring day, bright but cold. I tripped down to the stream & stayed there for a while. I became very aware of the rustles, gurgles and flowing. At one point I focused on the unfolding buds of a sycamore sapling, as I sat mesmerised on the roots of a tree. It became the apple of my life. I made quite a few ink notes a little while later which I don't have access to at present. * Inside is the corny title that I gave this ~but the hard fact is, that is what it is! I'm not sure, but I think that it was a corner of a show called "Grotto" That I simply named "Bright Pictures" A bit tongue in cheek I feel.  All the same, I came across it in a file of the X-Ray Factory & immediately thought "save it in your inbox" I rubbed out the areas which I felt could do with a little more attention & saved it in a P.N.G. format.(whatever that stands for) I was then able to put bits of digital collage underneath it which only showed through the empty spaces. This "substitution" I have used in other images in this blog "Cityadeli" being the most concentrated. * Pringle Bay (not being its real name) the rocks at times felt they were layered as Pringle crisps do.  It came from a drawing that I made a couple or three years ago, whilst taking a break in Brixham. I produced it with help from a cheap packet of felt tip pens. On returning to Shipping Hill, I attempted to put it onto a fairly large canvas (window sized) & came out with a stolid image that looked like I was simply blowing something up from small without the life force. I ended up painting over it. Here I will return, trying to give the original a bit more depth without crucifying it. * "Shine on Alan"  The title being a slogan that Alan uses! On re~visiting & re~working this thing digitally I have no idea why I named it thus! & it looks more like a design for a rug than something sparkling. so, I've re~named it "holding out for spring" *  I started rubbing out areas into a PNG format, & then, a bit like stencils offered up areas of colour, pattern & texture to appear from behind. The whole thing took about ten variations in order to conclude.  About halfway through the process.  |
On the Edge of Earth & Sky
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Pink Shuffle |
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Pink Invert |
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Snow in the Valley
I think it needs to be a heavy fall!
The original which I banged out in Himachel Pradesh.
Higher up in the Himalayan foothills,
Bharmor.
& What I took on as something forgotten!
