had a good mate and my god-son over on friday night, we watched some Star Wars. Brilliant, watching those films with 7 & 8 year olds really makes it special, what is especially amazing is how well Moo n Flix get on, almost like they inherited some of the friendship Flix's dad and i share by proxy. sweet.
We put the kids to bed and then drank a very sharp box of wine 'til the early hours. felt rough on saturday on only a few hours kip. then another old freind came up in the morning, which was just brilliant, hadn't seen her for years, we hung out mostly and went for dinner. Being a gentleman, [sic] i let her have my bed on saturday night.... which leads me to an apology.... anyone (tofu) who has had to use the cushions from my sofa to sleep on at any time....oh my god, i'm so sorry, i had no idea it was so uncomfortable.
i'm way too knackered to type anymore. except to say that i shaved my beard and moustache yesterday... now i feel and look like a potato.
and that was Me.
- daren
- I believe that a passion for narrative and subject is an essential pre-requisite for a successful painting. If the artist feels ambivalent about whatever is captured in a photograph, a sketchbook or on canvas how can they hope to have any impact on those who see the final piece? Without authority the artist will leave his audience frustrated or worse, indifferent. Communicating mood & emotion are my most important motivators for making images. I’ve never been overly concerned with technical perfection or producing an accurate pictorial record of a subject or a location. For me the heart of painting and photography is to capture and communicate an atmosphere and what I’m feeling, as much (if not more) than what I see at the time of painting. If my paintings, sketches and photography speak to the viewer on an emotional level then I have succeeded in my work.
3 comments:
Haha... I discovered early on that sleeping on your sofa cushions was somewhat... um, uncomfortable. The trick is to not move in your sleep.
'tofu
Daren, I like these tiled Hockney-type things. I used to make them with real photos back in the 80s. Real photos, ha ha hark at me. :)
Good to come across your stuff today, you can consider yourself RSS'd.
thanks apprentice, kind of you to say... i had a look see at your blog and noticed a link to flickr, but couldn't get through on that link...
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