My profile photo

It is really small in the Profile bit so I thought it putting in here so it can be seen bigger

Me looking at a small dog - disappearing

A few more things - Old and new

 A selection not in the website 'gallery' and in no particular order

Sunflower and fruit - 2006?

Girl - life class 2006 - using up paint

Ceret trees - Summer 2010 - going back

Three fish - 2005 - we ate them

Jo portrait - 2011 - in progress

North Downs - 2011 fear and loathing

Girl in bonnet - after Watteau (long way after) -  2011 

An example of _ others

A non visual art comment (an other) looks like this:

Last year a band I saw and heard and didn't like one little bit was Fleet Foxes. They put out a new album - Helplessness Blues - and I love it. What have they done to change my mind? Better songs? Better arrangements? Less bathroom echo? I think a bit of all three. Its good when this happens. A bit of development on both sides was required.

Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues

You have to start somewhere

As an extension to a website presence which is not so easy to update, or add my voice to, this blog may be the business... only one way to find out.

Below is an image of a painting that didn't make it to the 'gallery'. A portrait based on my partner, Jo. Hard to say if it is much of a likeness - its pretty roughly painted but has an atmosphere that I quite like.

My next post will, I hope, will be a bit more ambitious/interesting. As I suggest in the title - starting is always the hardest ..