Summer's Blood

I love the feeling of both these works but without wanting to appear critical, I don't get the roofs/gable in either of these pieces which are,I think,lovely.Maybe it is the way I am looking at them and if so,I apologize

I like this painting and the fantastic colours portraying the virbracy of this time of year. The foreground is most arresting and is certainly assured to attract the eye (especially with the perspective on the building) being that we are looking up at this (as one would be if it were on a wall!) I hope we see, and look forward to seeing more of your paintings as I think they show much vigour movement, and excitement! Really nice. Best regards Chris

Love both your pictures -so loose and yet so expressive. I wish I could create pictures like those

A wonderful combination of technique and so effective Trevor. Of the two this is my favourite, but like both very much.

Larry, They are based on sketches of Suffolk cottages and there is a big slice of artistic licence in both paintings. The shapes of the houses are there to give structure to the free use of texture and colour that is more a a thing of my imagination than an acurate drawing. Much of my other work is based on, tight, realistic, drawing and in these I try to free up and get intouch with something more poetic. It must be something about autumn, the mystery and the melancholy that sends me off for a bit. Normal service will be resumed...sometime.

Brenda, If you would like to see more about how they are created then please email me at [email protected] and I will be very glad to give you a stage by stage breakdown. They are not difficult but they are very personal and you might like the journey.

Chris, thanks for your comments. As you can see the perspective is interesting in that the buildings may not belong together. I try to make them credible but that is not my main concern. I am more trying to capture a feeling, or often a sense of the day and the music I am listening to at the moment ( Philip Glass).

Jane thanks for your comment. As this warm and misty weather continues I will be adding more. They are just thoughts and feelings so I will be interested in how you see the others.

There is something about a white cottage that throws everything else into sharp and colourful relief. I find your use of a white building allows you free rein with whatever is in the scene around it and gives us these spectacular burst of colour in the foreground and background trees. Some of your spatter appears to be very white or pale on top of the darker sections of the painting. Can I ask how you achieve this.

Thea, I splatter masking fluid and use some wax to add texture before I paint. On Arches rough paper the wax gives great dry stone wall and rock effects. I hope this is helpful.

What a wonderful atmospheric piece Trevor, Autumn is my favourite season and this has it all.

"Mr Glass" is eminently suitable for painting along to I would say! (Although I am more a Rossini or Paganini man myself!) After reading your responses on your lisings, I am so glad that you also express yourself in this manner as your paintings are really a joy to look at, and I quite understand, and envy, the breaking of the "shackles" that your allow yourself. A lesson to us all! Brilliant. Best regards Chris