Venice

Mixed media and Oil - 40 x 40 x 4cm  (16 x 16 in)

Venice is a part of "A million miles away" series  of different paintings that have one thing in common - I let them paint themselves. This is one of my favourite art-creating processes.

 I put on some music and start to paint with a blank mind, "a million miles away", having no particular idea of what I wish to paint. Often, I like to play with collaging different colours, textures, some favourite quotes or bits of poems,  I try to keep it spontaneous and have fun with the  freedom that stage offers. At some point, it becomes an ugly mess and I try not to let it scare me, telling myself that I will make sense of it all - eventually. And I do!  Mostly...

The next stage is dressing the collage in colours, calming it down with neutrals, putting on layers of texture media and paint, and suddenly the painting comes alive. I love the moment when I look at it and go "oh, yeah, THAT's what it wanted to be!" 

This is an Original 16 by 16 inch mixed media oil painting on a gallery-wrapped canvas. It comes with the wiring on the back and is ready to be installed on your wall, right out of the box.