Tuesday 29 December 2020

Monday 28 December 2020

Old door, Greece

 Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

SOLD

The Japanese call it wabi-sabi: the beauty of imperfection, and of old, used and withered things. Everyone (except perhaps very rich people?) seem to get it intuitively, which is why still life paintings are so often filled with such old things. One wonders then why, in the west, billions upon billions of dollars are spent annually in an attempt to make ourselves look younger more perfect. 


Monday 21 December 2020

Self-portrait

 Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 10 cm:


I cheated a bit for this one, using a photo instead of the traditional mirror. But I made a point of staring intently into the camera, as happens when using a mirror, to create that typical staring self-portrait look.