Usk, 28. 01. 2011.

Su, Brockweir, 25. 01. 2011.

I started on another one this week, working on muslin stuck to a board with rabbit skin glue and then double gessoed. I had already drawn it on with thinned down paint the night before. By lunch time I had to make the decision to carry on or not. I was urged to stop before I ruined it. I am glad I listened because in the afternoon I did a small portrait which I think is the most successful thing I have done in a long time.

Brockweir, 18. 01, 2011.

Portraits

The top two were partly copied from two pastels by Harley Brown. The other two are painted from sketchbook drawings. All four are in oil on gessoed canvas.

Recent work.

Copied from one of Age's Photos. Oil on gessoed canvas.

Oil on gessoed canvas board. Usk, 14. 01. 2011.

Black watercolour. Usk, 07. 01. 2011.