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By Colin Bailey
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A change of direction - "Rockdog's" puppies!

Rockdog - the strangely canine painting of rock erosion at Rockanore has started a new set of paintings

I've managed to build up a minor following for my scenes of Rye and Hastings (Yes! I get followed home from the pub by gangs of kids throwing stones...). This year however I am embarking on a change of direction. I have branched out before with paintings of peeling paint on fishing boats and close-ups of groynes and splintered wood; I find these ambiguous and almost abstract images extremely satisfying but I know others can find them hard to read. These new paintings however are a step even further. For a start they are all larger (20ins x 30ins) are on canvas board and are all oil paint. I am also working presently on 7 simultanously, moving from one to the next depending on how the paint dries and what colours I have mixed up. I find that I work best when I "leapfrog" from painting to painting using the pallete that has evolved from one as the basis for the next and using the time while each painting session dries to bring the least developed painting up to speed. I never quite know when to finish - I always tell people painting in oil is a matter of 5 steps forward 1 step back; when the ratio starts getting even or inverse I call it a day. These new painting are the sucessors to a painting I did just over a year ago entitled "ROCKDOG" This came from a month of taking hundreds of photos of the rock formations at the foot of the cliffs at Rockanore in Hastings and focused on the patterns and marks of erosion.I have been back several times and charted this erosion and the fascinating micro landscapes it creates. So with this in mind I am starting a blog as a form of note book to record the progress of thse paintings and explain what may to some people be a change of direction in my work. Hopefully the new work will be on my website at some point: http://www.ryepress.com/paintings.html
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Hi Steph - sorry, it's taken me so long to get back to you. I kept getting lost in the site and couldn't find this post again, but have done now. Hurrah. My blog is called Ajagap - the link is: http://www.painters-online.co.uk/blogs/blogIntro.asp?blog=45 No, we're never satisfied. I have occasionally framed my pictures to stop me carrying on with the ones that I just couldn't leave alone. I used to think that that was one of the tests for whether a painting was OK or not - whether I wanted to change it. I think your Red Pears is perfect. Have you got it online somewhere so I can look at it again? Thanks again.

Thank you Angie, yes that 'hole' is in the way a bit lol Iam so pleased that you liked my pears as it's one of my best pastels so far even though I can now see things that could do with changing in it :( We are never satisfied are we lol I would love to see your art how about posting a link top your blog when you reply? I have requested that it be made possible to find members by name but at the moment the are just thinking about it :D Steph

And I did come, together with Paul and we looked at your paintings and all those in your exhibition. Wonderful stuff. I loved your Red Pears the best. I also loved Linda Eades Blackburns pictures. This was the first time we'd been to the Brewhouse Arts Centre and really liked it. It would have been better though if the pictures had been displayed in a place where you could step back and look without falling into the hole in the middle. Hope to meet you eventually. Thanks so much for your paintings and for organising the exhibition.

Hi Steph - I'm coming tomorrow (Sat) - a bit short notice, I know, but it would be wonderful if you were there. Will aim to be there from about 2pm onwards. I'm really looking forward to it.

Thank you Angie I would love to see you there, just let me know when you will be in the area and I will try and be there at the same time.

Hi Steph - how nice to hear about your exhibition. I grew up near Burton-on-Trent (Castle Gresley) and frequently visit so will come and see your exhibition. I've actually just moved from Oxford to Leeds, so I'm looking for people who paint in Leeds, too. I'll keep an eye out for your blog. With best wishes from Angie

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