Unfinished stuff

I’m posting these three half painted efforts as a provocation to myself to try and finish them off:

Started this a week ago one evening – trying to get a nice view of the field daisies that are all around at the moment. Year after year I tell myself I will paint them but I never do because they are usually located on the sides of busy roads. This time I spotted them in a field and the setting looks good. I really hope I can complete this well.

The second is a painting I started in February – my daughter was in this half-marathon race – got frustrated, scrubbed the runners and the left side out. I’ve now put some runners back in and need to work on the left hand side. I don’t know how to give it a reasonable amount of detail without competing with the main subject. Ideas very welcome.

Thirdly, and going back even further to late summer 08, this is the breakwater at Porthleven in Cornwall as the sun has just set. The composition is bold and abstract and I just need to get into the right mood to move it along.

~ by noelgarner on June 2, 2009.