Another Sunday.  I finished painting in THIS IS WHERE I MET THE ELEPHANT HEADED MAN and then went out in the garden (although I did work on my web site later in the day).

Redid all the lines of THIS IS WHERE I MET THE ELEPHANT HEADED MAN.  This took a surprisingly long time.

I then started work on A SERIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT STOURHEAD  INTERMIXED WITH THE PAINTING: "ION - SUNRISE" - however, I did not get very far before I had to go out.

I painted in all three of the small portraits: which have the working titles of TOBY - PERSONA ONE, TWO & THREE respectively.  I had a loose plan of using three distinct colour schemes but I am not sure if it has quite worked out like that.

Retouched, but not totally repainted, all the lines of TOBY P - PERSONA ONE, TWO & THREE.

I then painted in all the background areas of A SERIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT STOURHEAD  INTERMIXED WITH THE PAINTING: "ION - SUNRISE".  The actual thematic imagery will be drawn in and then painted.

I decided to put a background coat on some of the thematic areas of A SERIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT STOURHEAD  INTERMIXED WITH THE PAINTING: "ION - SUNRISE".

I then repainted all the charcoal lines of THE MOMENT WHEN ONE MAN BECAME MANY using dark grey acrylic paint.  Towards the end of the day I started to repaint the charcoal lines of MOLECULAR CRUCIFIXION.  I may do a bit more on Sunday or I may not!

Out today: continued on the pencil landscapes - I have almost finished another series.  Out all day tomorrow!

I planned a morning painting and an afternoon in the garden (as it is Sunday) but I spent most of the day making changes to my websites.  However, I have started to make notes for THIS IS WHERE I MET THE ELEPHANT HEADED MAN.

I completed repainting the lines of MOLECULAR CRUCIFIXION with dark grey acrylic by mid afternoon.  I then made a tentative start adding the main imagery to A SERIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT STOURHEAD  INTERMIXED WITH THE PAINTING: "ION - SUNRISE".

I have more or less finished the three small portraits: TOBY P - PERSONA ONE, TWO & THREE.  I will look at them again tomorrow (if I get time) when it is light.  I added symbols which represented elements of the sitter's personality, characteristics and/or ornamented facial features.

Out today but managed more pencil landscape drawings.

I returned to adding thematic imagery to A SERIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT STOURHEAD  INTERMIXED WITH THE PAINTING: "ION - SUNRISE".  I filled in the secondary blocks using oil paint (+ linseed oil) and also the main theme - initially with pencil.  Imagination and powers of invention did not run at customary breakneck speed (probably because of tiredness - very early start to the day as I had to go out).  I also worked on the background symbols etc.

Drew in with pencil the remainder of the thematic material in A SERIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT STOURHEAD  INTERMIXED WITH THE PAINTING: "ION - SUNRISE" and then painted the lines with acrylic paint.  I have also, probably, finished the background imagery.

I was out most of this Sunday.  However I did start a series of oil pastel portraits when I got in.

Out all of today (ditto much of this week) so no time for painting.  More landscape drawings however.

Another day out; another landscape pencil sketch!

Out yet again so further pencil landscapes.

I drew, with pencil and then oil paint, another of the very small "Ionist" portraits.  This one, entitled SMALL PORTRAIT OF JENNY, may be the last in the current series.

After this I continued painting in A SERIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT STOURHEAD  INTERMIXED WITH THE PAINTING: "ION - SUNRISE".

Painted in SMALL PORTRAIT OF JENNY.  I then went back to painting A SERIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT STOURHEAD  INTERMIXED WITH THE PAINTING: "ION - SUNRISE".

An atypical Sunday as I spent most of it indoors.  I started work on the (charcoal) drawing stage of two very large canvases - I actually got the canvases free - which will combine my "Meditative Field Painting" format with other developmental formats.  One has a characteristic "Meditative Portrait" structural mass in front and other will have an overlaid serial structure typical of my "Meditative Process Painting".

Later in the afternoon I returned to painting A SERIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT STOURHEAD  INTERMIXED WITH THE PAINTING: "ION - SUNRISE".  A work I hope to finish tomorrow.

I have, more or less, finished A SERIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT STOURHEAD  INTERMIXED WITH THE PAINTING: "ION - SUNRISE".  I completed painting all the draw in elements but at the end of the day started to add additional imagery.  Before that I went over the lines in the thematic blocks, yet again, with black paint - However, I may need to amend some of the images in this section.  I also glazed one of the background accompaniment blocks.

I finished SMALL PORTRAIT OF JENNY before lunch.  Then there was a minor domestic crisis (which included me hanging from the loft opening with the steps fallen away!) so it was much later than planned before I could start work again on A SERIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT STOURHEAD  INTERMIXED WITH THE PAINTING: "ION - SUNRISE".  I added even more imagery and then painted them all in.  However, at the end of the day I drew in further elements which I may paint in on Thursday.  I am out tomorrow.

Out all day - so back to pencil drawings!

I painted in recently drawn images in A SERIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT STOURHEAD  INTERMIXED WITH THE PAINTING: "ION - SUNRISE" but added further for completion tomorrow.

I then turned to adding structures and images to THIS IS WHERE I MET THE ELEPHANT HEADED MAN.

I finally finished A SERIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT STOURHEAD  INTERMIXED WITH THE PAINTING: "ION - SUNRISE".  I added painted the remaining drawn images and filled in the margin.

I then carried on with THIS IS WHERE I MET THE ELEPHANT HEADED MAN and also started work again on two works (currently titleless) which are based on still lifes but also explore the possibility of a spiritual reality.  These works were originally started in 1999.

I have just about finished another set of landscape improvisations in pencil.

Another funny Sunday:  I spent part of the day working on the two extended still lifes.  Each has the working title of SEARCHING FOR THE SOUL.  Both are actually painted over earlier paintings.  The original works were in a strange style which I never felt very comfortable with.

I then started to work again on THIS IS WHERE I MET THE ELEPHANT HEADED MAN but had to go out in the middle of the afternoon so very little was accomplished.

I thought I would do a bit of work on THIS IS WHERE I MET THE ELEPHANT HEADED MAN before starting something else but ended up spending all day on it.  I will do a bit tomorrow and then start something else!

I did the drawing in charcoal of two small works.  One entitled STILL LIFE IN A LANDSCAPE and the other FLOWER ARRANGEMENT IN A LANDSCAPE.

I also did more work on the SEARCHING FOR THE SOUL paintings and THIS IS WHERE I MET THE ELEPHANT HEADED MAN.

I repainted the lines of STILL LIFE IN A LANDSCAPE and FLOWER ARRANGEMENT IN A LANDSCAPE using undiluted oil paint.

I later worked again on the drawing stage of the two new large scale works (both are still titleless).

Out all day - more drawings!

It should have been a day painting but I devoted most of the day to DIY and other domestic chores.  I did a little more work on THIS IS WHERE I MET THE ELEPHANT HEADED MAN during odd moments.

At the end of the day I finished the current set of pencil landscapes.

I made a window seat in the morning (hopefully the end of my DIY for now), did nothing much in the afternoon and started another book of drawings in the evening.  Not a very productive day.

A very wet Sunday so I couldn't venture out into the garden!   I spent much of the day in my studio; either before my easel or before the computer.  I did a little work on THIS IS WHERE I MET THE ELEPHANT HEADED MAN (starting to add imagery) and a little work on the two new very large scale works: SELF PORTRAIT ON THE BRIDGE OF LIFE HISTORY and (probably) ALL STONE CIRCLES RESIDE INSIDE A SINGLE CELL.

I then started the charcoal drawing stage of two new oils.  One is entitled TIME LOOPS IN A LANDCAPE and the other THE BRAIN WITHIN A LANDSCAPE.  Both are, very loosely, based on aerial views of landscape.

More DIY - Damn it!  However, most of the day was spent cutting up MDF for subsequent painting on.  In the late afternoon I started the charcoal drawing for a new painting entitled AN INFINITE NUMBER OF PLACES WHERE AN INFINITE NUMBER OF THINGS HAPPEN AT ONCE.

I finished the charcoal drawing stage of AN INFINITE NUMBER OF PLACES WHERE AN INFINITE NUMBER OF THINGS HAPPEN AT ONCE.

I then made a start painting in STILL LIFE IN A LANDSCAPE.

I am still working on THIS IS WHERE I MET THE ELEPHANT HEADED MAN.  I am also still cutting panels of MDF for painting on!

I am out all day tomorrow.

I more or less finished STILL LIFE IN A LANDSCAPE  and started painting in FLOWER ARRANGEMENT IN A LANDSCAPE.

I have finished cutting up MDF panels and hope to prime them next week.

I had a late start so I didn't get as much work done as I hoped.  I am out all day tomorrow. 

 I am hoping to hang a new selection of work in the Hearn & Scott Gallery at some point in the near future.

Did a little painting on this Sunday morning.  I am managing the art shop for two weeks so I wont be able to do much painting at all now.  I am continuing to work on FLOWER ARRANGEMENT IN A LANDSCAPE.

A day off from the art shop.  I spent a large part of it putting new shelves in my library.  However, I did cut all the MDF panels for painting on.  I am working on a new series of pencil drawings during what little spare time I have.

A second day off from the art shop.  This time I cut all of the hardboard panels.  I made some notes for THIS IS WHERE I MET THE ELEPHANT HEADED MAN but didn't actually get round to painting anything.

Sunday: back to a more normal routine.  I did a little painting in the afternoon.  However I took a long time to get it right so I wasn't as productive as I would have liked.  I finished STILL LIFE IN A LANDSCAPE.

More or less a full day of painting (slow start however!).  I finished FLOWER ARRANGEMENT IN A LANDSCAPE.  Like yesterday it was a slow process, with a lot of repainting.

I then returned to working on THIS IS WHERE I MET THE ELEPHANT HEADED MAN.  I added more structures/primary elements and refined others.

I started to repaint a number of pictures which I originally completed in 1998.  I completed one work entitled THE PAST IS A POOL I WOULD LIKE TO PLUNGE IN and started two others: EVENT 98 and YOU ARE BORN, YOU LIVE, YOU DIE.  All represent amended landscapes with superimposed symbol strands.

More of the dreaded DIY today!  I did however add symbols to the sequential blocks in YOU ARE BORN, YOU LIVE, YOU DIE.

I also cut more hardboard panels to paint on and did a bit of drawing in the evening.

A bit more DIY (as it is woodwork, I really quite enjoy it) in the morning.  I then reworked the smaller GIRL IN A LANDSCAPE - simply because I accidentally came across it (I have never been fully happy the work).  It now looks like I originally intended.

After this I completed YOU ARE BORN, YOU LIVE, YOU DIE (I am not sure if I am happy with this work now!).

Then I added the symbols in the thematic strands of EVENT 98 and amended the background.  This went reasonably well and I should finish the painting tomorrow.

I completed EVENT 98 by painting in the images and adding extra element sto the background..  I then did a little work on both versions SEARCHING FOR THE SOUL - repainting some of the lines and redefining some of the coloured areas.

After this I returned to AN INFINITE NUMBER OF PLACES WHERE AN INFINITE NUMBER OF THINGS HAPPEN AT ONCE and started painting over the charcoal lines with thinned watersoluble oil paint.  I had to go out before finishing this.

I was out all day but finished painting the charcoal lines of AN INFINITE NUMBER OF PLACES WHERE AN INFINITE NUMBER OF THINGS HAPPEN AT ONCE in the evening.  No time for anything else.

I painted over the charcoal lines of TIME LOOPS IN A LANDCAPE and THE BRAIN WITHIN A LANDSCAPE.  I will probably paint in the resulting thematic blocks during the next couple of weeks.

At the end of the day I did the initial pencil drawing for a new painting on canvas board with the working title of SELF PORTRAIT AS THE WOLFMAN.  I plan to start two other small canvas board works this week.

Christmas shopping with my wife!  Very little work done!!

I did go over the pencil lines of SELF PORTRAIT AS THE WOLFMAN with thinned water soluble oil paint.

A reasonably productive day (despite having a lot of non artistic things to do).  I did the pencil stage of two new "Meditative Landscapes": MISCELLANEOUS PEOPLE HIDDEN IN A LANDSCAPE and THE PLACE WHERE FRED THE GHOST BECAME FRED THE ARTIST.  These are much more complex than recent works in this style.

I am still finding a lot of extra-artistic things to do.  However, I painted the pencil lines of MISCELLANEOUS PEOPLE HIDDEN IN A LANDSCAPE and started painting the lines of THE PLACE WHERE FRED THE GHOST BECAME FRED THE ARTIST.  I used water/painting medium thinned water soluble oil paint for both works.

Out in the morning and then a series of inconsequential things when I got in.  When I finally settled in front of my easel I completed painting over the pencil lines of THE PLACE WHERE FRED THE GHOST BECAME FRED THE ARTIST.  I then did a little work on the two large canvases which have been leaning against the studio wall for ages.

A not terribly productive Sunday:  I added the detailing of the head sequence of SELF PORTRAIT AS THE WOLFMAN - first in pencil and then in thinned water soluble oil paint).

I spent the day painting in SELF PORTRAIT AS THE WOLFMAN and listening to Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan (I recently got a new copy).

Nothing else was done.

I completed painting in SELF PORTRAIT AS THE WOLFMAN.  I need now to add the figurative images and symbols etc.

I also did the initial drawing in pencil of four small works with the generic title of GIRL IN A MEADOW.  All four were in a landscape format.  I feel I need to do a couple in portrait (the majority of my "Meditative Portraits" are this format).

I was out all day yesterday.  Today I drew two more GIRL IN A MEADOW pictures - this time with a vertical portrait format (10x8 canvas board), in pencil and then in water soluble oil. 

I also started a third smaller work (7x5 canvas board) - again in pencil followed by oil.

I wont be able to get into my studio again until next week.

I had little time to paint this Sunday.  I started painting in the GIRL IN A MEADOW (GIRL IN A FLOWER MEADOW) paintings.

I was unable to get into my studio until 3pm.  I then carried on painting in the three GIRL IN A MEADOW paintings. I appear to be using three distinct colour schemes.

A rather chilled-out sort of day but I completed the main painting stage of YOUNG GIRL IN A MEADOW 1& 2 AND GIRL IN A FLOWER MEADOW.  Some repainting may be needed and I still have to add the symbols and other imagery.

No time to work tomorrow.

Christmas shopping with my wife (again)!.  When I (finally!) got in, I redefined the lines of the two YOUNG GIRL IN A MEADOW and GIRL IN A FLOWER MEADOW.  I tweaked some of the coloured areas and gave some consideration to the thematic material - but didn't started to add the actual imagery.

I added the imagery to the small GIRL IN A FLOWER MEADOW and one of the (slightly larger) YOUNG GIRL IN A MEADOW pictures - the latter will need the imagery painted in.

I started the day by painting in the images of the first YOUNG GIRL IN A MEADOW,  I then did the images of the second work, which I will have to fill in tomorrow.  I had worked out a set of images to use over the Christmas holiday, but in the end invented a new series.

I finished the second YOUNG GIRL IN A MEADOW.

I then did the initial charcoal lines of three very small works with the general working title of FLOWER SPIRIT.

In the afternoon I returned to the SEARCHING FOR THE SOUL paintings.  I added some of the imagery to the first work.  I am hoping to complete the drawing stage of both works tomorrow and then finish the works on Friday.  I have plans to clean my studio on New Years Eve - although I am not sure these will come to fruition.

Added symbols to the remaining spaces in SEARCHING FOR THE SOUL ONE  and all the available spaces in SEARCHING FOR THE SOUL TWO (I have to add some background imagery to the latter).  These images have to be painted in, which I may try and do tomorrow.

I finished the charcoal drawing stage of the three FLOWER SPIRIT works.

I have also completely finished SEARCHING FOR THE SOUL ONE & SEARCHING FOR THE SOUL 2.  I filled in all the small images and added spontaeous marks to the background blocks.

This is probably the end of my creative activity for 2005.  Next year I plan to start work on my X paintings!

I spent the whole day cleaning my studio and library!