Yay! Finally the drought is broken - inspired partly by Piera McArthur and also enlivened by my new love interest:) While visiting Piera in her studio the other day she asked me if I was painting.

"It's too cold" I moaned, wrapping my arms around me for extra effect.
"Stop making excuses, " she frowned.

Duly, but lovingly censored, I headed off to my studio (my converted, and very draughty, garage.) Armed with a few deadlines - art awards and a friends upcoming birthday I was re-inspired.

The title, inspired by the words scrawled along the bottom, initially was...

"I love the way you make me feel.... When we kiss I shudder."

I've since shortened it to, "When we kiss I shudder."


As you can see from the image, I have a few other paintings lined up - one of which is my grandfather - sketched in pencil and awaiting glazes of oil. This has been requested my my mother to sit alongside the portrait I did of my Grandmother and which finalled in the 2008 Adam Portraiture Award

You can view "When we kiss I shudder" and learn more about the inspiration behind the painting here

Labels: Commissioning a work of art, Spirituality in art