I filled in all the images in the circular strand of INTERRUPTED SEQUENCE with thinned paint, finishing the work late in the day.

I worked out then forgot my next small work (Condensation).  It would have been called BACKGROUND SCENERY TO A PAINTING CALLED SELF PORTRAIT AS A WINDMILL.

Almost a repeat of yesterday!  I filled in the images of INTERRUPTED SEQUENCE - THE FIRST VERSION PAINTED LAST and finished the painting late in the afternoon.

I still could not remember anything about BACKGROUND SCENERY TO A PAINTING CALLED SELF PORTRAIT AS A WINDMILL.

Cleaned my studio!  The second time this year!!  Consequently no creative work done.

I had to finish off the studio clean before I could start anything more productive.  When the dust had settled I painted the main coat on a third picture in the six work series of "rough" Peter Panic paintings.  I cannot remember if I ever had titles for these works.

I was too chilled out today to be as productive as I should have been - we were originally going out but the trip had to be postponed so I was still in holiday mode.  I painted the main coat of a fourth work in the "Anti-Peter Panic" (he's called Pete Panic!) series.

Terribly unproductive day!  I started painting in the main coat of a fifth "Pete Panic" work but didn't finish this stage before having to go out again.

Not much better today!  I completed the first stage of the work started yesterday and then started the sixth.  I deliberately left some of this for tomorrow  - there is cricket on the radio!!

I went back to some of the other works in the series and added some extra detailing.

I did more work on the sixth "Pete Panic" painting, plus some tinkering to the other five.  I have firmed up the titles which are as follows: THE LITTLE MUSGRAVE RETOLD - A PETE PANIC PAINTING, THE BALLAD OF MATTY GROVES - THE UNDERGROUND VERSION, A DAY IN THE LIVES OF PETER PANIC, THE FIRST PROCLAMATION OF MY UNIVERSAL THEOREM DERIVED FROM THE MOVEMENTS OF A FLY ON A WINDOW PANE, THE LOST CODEX OF THE BUTTERFLY PEOPLE - 72 VARIATIONS ON SIMULTANEOUS BIRTH AND DEATH and SEVERAL (SIX, FOUR, TWO) FIGURES IN A DARKENED ROOM - THE INVENTION OF STOCHASTIC FURNITURE (MARIE ANTOINETTE VERSION).

I have continued my run of not very productive days (Although I was stuck in a broken down bus for a large part of the morning!).  I completed the primary stage of the sixth "Pete Panic" work - now entitled A DAY IN THE LIVES OF PETER PANIC.

I also started work on the preliminary stage of a Meditative Landscape derivative, provisionally entitled THINKING WOMAN IN A LANDSCAPE, and two Quasi-Peter Panic works entitled FOUR CHAPTERS FROM A BOOK I HAVE NEVER WRITTEN (THE MAIN CHARACTER IS A COMPUTER SCREEN) and A SYMPHONIC PRESCRIPTION OF SIX TABLETS - BASED ON AN INSTALLATION COMPRISING FIFTEEN MANNEQUINS WATCHING FIVE COLOURED BALLOONS SLOWLY DEFLATING (FILMED BY A MAN IN A LOWLAND GORILLA SUIT).

I did the pencil drawing stage of THINKING WOMAN IN A LANDSCAPE.  I will go over the lines with acrylic paint.

I also did both the pencil and acrylic stage of THE TRAIN SPOTTER - a blob head picture which will be filled with organic train images.

I did a little more work to A DAY IN THE LIVES OF PETER PANIC. But decided not to start adding images to any works in this series until next week.

I did an even smaller amount of work on the two Quasi-Peter Panic works.  Probably not even worth recording.

I went over the lines of THINKING WOMAN IN A LANDSCAPE using acrylic - I was late starting but this still took far longer than anticipated.  Very little else was done in consequence.

A dull miserable Tuesday and apart from my time in town during the middle of the day I spent most of it in my studio.  I did the main painting stage of THE TRAIN SPOTTER - small images to be added.

After this I put an acrylic wash on THINKING WOMAN IN A LANDSCAPE and more thinly on the canvas boards of the two works I mention below.

I did the pencil stage of a small portrait in a very economical style (probably called FEMALE OR MALE FIGURE).  I then did the drawing stage of  a new "Project Isis" work entitled AS I CLIMBED THE HILL THE DEAD CROW WENT TO HEAVEN.

I also did the pencil and acrylic drawing stage of two very small portraits both entitled SELF PORTRAIT BY PETER PANIC.

In between these I did a little more work on the six "Pete Panic" pictures and the 1984 work GOD STUDIES TWO - QUESTIONS AND ANSWER.  The acrylic varnish (which I put on far too thickly) has yellowed badly and I am trying to do something about parts of this work.  Many of my very complex early work have been spoilt in a similar way.

Funny week this week!  I did the main painting stage of the two small SELF PORTRAIT OF PETER PANIC pictures.

I then did the main painting stage of FEMALE OR MALE FIGURE in a very rough way.

I didn't get into my studio until early afternoon.  I then worked all afternoon on AS I CLIMBED THE HILL THE DEAD CROW WENT TO HEAVEN - redefining the pencil lines with burnt umber acrylic paint.

During part of the evening I did more preliminary work on FOUR CHAPTERS FROM A BOOK I HAVE NEVER WRITTEN (THE MAIN CHARACTER IS A COMPUTER SCREEN) and A SYMPHONIC PRESCRIPTION OF SIX TABLETS - BASED ON AN INSTALLATION COMPRISING FIFTEEN MANNEQUINS WATCHING FIVE COLOURED BALLOONS SLOWLY DEFLATING (FILMED BY A MAN IN A LOWLAND GORILLA SUIT).  During the other part I ate and wrote this.

I completed the preliminary drawing stage of FOUR CHAPTERS FROM A BOOK I HAVE NEVER WRITTEN (THE MAIN CHARACTER IS A COMPUTER SCREEN) and A SYMPHONIC PRESCRIPTION OF SIX TABLETS - BASED ON AN INSTALLATION COMPRISING FIFTEEN MANNEQUINS WATCHING FIVE COLOURED BALLOONS SLOWLY DEFLATING (FILMED BY A MAN IN A LOWLAND GORILLA SUIT).  I have now pencilled in all the main shapes and structures.

I then started painting in AS I CLIMBED THE HILL THE DEAD CROW WENT TO HEAVEN.  However, I didn't get much done before having to go out.

I managed to get into my studio for a few hours on this Saturday afternoon.  I did most of the first painting stage of AS I CLIMBED THE HILL THE DEAD CROW WENT TO HEAVEN.

Out all day yesterday, dentist and sundry other things this morning.  However, I completed AS I CLIMBED THE HILL THE CROW FLEW TO HEAVEN (new title) in the afternoon - painting and repainting plus a small amount of extra detailing.I

I did a morning's worth of tweaking to AS I CLIMBED THE HILL THE CROW FLEW TO HEAVEN - a little more needs to be done at some point soon (I think).

In the afternoon I made a start adding very small images to THE TRAIN SPOTTER.

I spent all my spare time adding images to THE TRAIN SPOTTER. There are still some to be done. 

I worked out the theme and composition to a pendant work to ECHOES: A BURIAL AT ORNANS - SYMPHONY IN ONE MOVEMENT while travelling to see my father - I had forgotten it all by the time I got back home!

After an inexorable amount of fiddling I finished adding all the images to THE TRAIN SPOTTER - they will still need painting in.

Very late in the day I started painting THINKING WOMAN IN A LANDSCAPE - needless to say I didn't get very far

It was a very wet Sunday so I spent most of the time in my studio; painting THINKING WOMAN IN A LANDSCAPE.

I was a bit late getting going, however, I finished the main stage of THINKING WOMAN IN A LANDSCAPE.  I need to reinforce some of the lines and add a little extra detailing - possibly tomorrow if I get time.

I was out with my wife most of the day.  When I got in I more or less finished THINKING WOMAN IN A LANDSCAPE.  However, I will probably look at it again in the day light.

Not much time to work today.  I didn't like what I saw when I returned to THINKING WOMAN IN A LANDSCAPE in the daylight.  I decided to add a number of new compositional elements and amend others.

Even less time to work than yesterday.  I began painting in the alterations to THINKING WOMAN IN A LANDSCAPE but did not mange to finish them.

A frustrating and unproductive day to end an unproductive week.  I did manage to finish the amendments to THINKING WOMAN IN A LANDSCAPE.

I then repainted a large part of AS I CLIMBED THE HILL THE CROW FLEW TO HEAVEN.  I planned to make a small change but nothing like the extent of the final amendments.

The start of what seems likely to be another unproductive week.  I began to add preliminary pencil images to FEMALE OR MALE FIGURE before having to go out again.  There will no creative work tomorrow. 

I bought six hundred pounds worth of art materials but didn't have time to do any work!

I finished adding the pencil images to MALE OR FEMALE FIGURE - hopefully I will get them painted by the end of the week.

I then started filling in all the small images in THE TRAINSPOTTER.

Out most of the day.  I finished THE TRAINSPOTTER but didn't bother starting anything else.

Out most of the day again (ditto tomorrow).  I worked on MALE OR FEMALE FIGURE - but didn't finish it.

I spent yesterday (Sunday) in the garden and decided to spend a large part of today likewise (shouldn't have done as I am not producing a lot of work at the moment).  When I did decide to enter into my studio I got round to finishing MALE OR FEMALE FIGURE - painting in and detailing.

I also returned (hopefully for the last time) to AS I CLIMBED THE HILL THE CROW FLEW TO HEAVEN.  Repainting a foreground section to close to how it was originally.

I started a new small portrait - no title at the moment.  I did the initial pencil drawing and painted most of the canvas.  Unfortunately very little else was done.

Very little time to paint.  I finished the main painting stage of the small portrait canvas: MAN COMING HOME.

I reinforced the pencil lines in MAN COME COMING HOME with paint.  No time for anything else.

For personal reasons I had practically no time to paint today.  I started adding facial feature images to one of the small SELF PORTRAIT AS PETER PANIC pictures.  I may try and dedicate an hour to painting tomorrow to finish this.

I stayed in my studio a large part of the morning.  I finished adding the imagery to the first and then the second version of SELF PORTRAIT AS PETER PANIC.  The least said about the afternoon the better.

Another wet Sunday (I was supposed to go out) so I spent a good part of the day in my studio.  I started the pencil  stage of three new "portrait events": SAYING GOODBYE TO ALI, THE KISS and THE ARTIST ALONE PAINTING HIS PORTRAIT.

I had to get the remainder of my paintings from the now closed Hearn & Scott gallery.  I then spent most of the afternoon sorting them out.  When not doing this I was finishing the initial pencil drawing stage of SAYING GOODBYE TO ALI, THE KISS and THE ARTIST ALONE PAINTING HIS PORTRAIT. 

I had to collect some paintings from a gallery in New Milton.  While down there I took the opportunity to walk to the coast - even though it was pouring with rain!  Once I had eventually come back from this very wet adventure there was no time to work. 

I started the day by doing the rough pencil stage of three new medium sixed portraits: PANDORIC PORTRAIT OF THE PIXIE GIRL, NEBULOUS PORTRAIT OF A GIRL and PORTRAIT OF A GIRL: VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT.

Later  in the day I started adding facial feature variations MAN COMING HOME.  Unfortunately I had to go out before I could finish it.

I finished adding the imagery (which has to be painted) to MAN COMING HOME early in the day.

After a temporary disruption I started the rough sketch stage of three landscapes: LANDSCAPE FOUND IN A WINE GLASS RAISED TO THE MORNING SUN, LANDSCAPE FOUND AMONG THE WARSHIPS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR (RING EILEEN, MENTION WINE) and LANDSCAPE FOUND ON THE SOUL OF MY SHOE AFTER I HAD RETURNED HOME.

In the evening I started the drawing stage of GERRY HATTRICK PAINTS HIS FIRST PICTURE.  This is a cartoonish and frivolous painting featuring one of my "characters". 

Late into my studio.  Once in there I finished MAN COMING HOME - filling in all the images.

I also went over the pencil lines with acrylic paint on THE KISS and THE ARTIST ALONE PAINTING HIS PORTRAIT and started doing likewise to SAYING GOODBYE TO ALI.

I finished the lines of SAYING GOODBYE TO ALI and then went out into a very cold garden.

Out of the blue I started modifying (again!) THINKING WOMAN IN A LANDSCAPE.

I also started painting the lines of LANDSCAPE FOUND ON THE SOUL OF MY SHOE AFTER I HAD RETURNED HOME although I felt I should have been adding images to a more serious work instead.

I altered THINKING WOMAN IN A LANDSCAPE yet again!  This is definitely the last time!!.

I then finished painting the lines of LANDSCAPE FOUND ON THE SOUL OF MY SHOE AFTER I HAD RETURNED HOME - this was quite a protracted process.

Towards the end of the day I finished the drawing stage of GERRY HATTRICK PAINTS HIS FIRST PICTURE.  I have two more to do in this small series.

I also did the pencil stage of a small "Ionist Dream" portrait - again the first of a series of three.  This is entitled YOUNG GIRL ASLEEP IN A WINE GLASS.

Finally I started adding the pencil images to A DAY IN THE LIVES OF PETER PANIC.

I did the pencil drawing stage of the remaining two "Gerry Hattrick" paintings: GERRY HATTRICK PAINTS HIS SECOND PICTURE and GERRY HATTRICK PAINTS HIS THIRD PICTURE.

I then did the pencil stage of the remaining two "Dream" portraits: YOUNG GIRL ASTRIDE A WINDMILL and YOUNG GIRL ON A BURNING BUSH (DICTAMNUS ALBUS).

I was out both ends of the day, in between I started to repaint the pencil lines of LANDSCAPE FOUND AMONG THE WARSHIPS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR (RING EILEEN, MENTION WINE) with acrylic paint.  Nothing else was done except some quick sketches.

I finished repainting the pencil lines (with acrylic paint) of LANDSCAPE FOUND AMONG THE WARSHIPS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR (RING EILEEN, MENTION WINE).

I then repainted the lines of LANDSCAPE FOUND IN A WINE GLASS RAISED TO THE MORNING SUN.  The rest of the day was spent in fruitless artistic endeavours.

After giving the dog a very long walk, and other Saturday pursuits, I repainted the pencil lines on YOUNG GIRL ASLEEP IN A WINE GLASS, YOUNG GIRL ASTRIDE A WINDMILL and YOUNG GIRL ON A BURNING BUSH (DICTAMNUS ALBUS).

A very wet Sunday so I never went to work at Stonehenge as planned.  I repainted the lines on GERRY HATTRICK PAINTS HIS FIRST PICTURE, GERRY HATTRICK PAINTS HIS SECOND PICTURE and GERRY HATTRICK PAINTS HIS THIRD PICTURE.

A long walk in the countryside and then back in my studio.  I painted the pencil lines of NEBULOUS PORTRAIT OF A GIRL and PORTRAIT OF A GIRL: VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT.  I didn't get round to the last work in the series.

I painted over the pencil lines of the last of the three experimental portraits: PANDORIC PORTRAIT OF THE PIXIE GIRL.  I had no time to do anything else.

A day given partly over to Christmas present searching (that reminds me I haven't started my cards yet) but I began painting all three of the small portraits: YOUNG GIRL ASLEEP IN A WINE GLASS, YOUNG GIRL ASTRIDE A WINDMILL and YOUNG GIRL ON A BURNING BUSH (DICTAMNUS ALBUS).

I also did quite a bit of work to A DAY IN THE LIVES OF PETER PANIC - adding figurative and semi-abstract images in pencil.

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