....after the drunken self-indulgence of last week's blog, i turn to more important matters. drawing pretty pictures and stuff.
:)
life seems to have presented me with some new job options....In other news.... a great night over at DragonDrop on Friday, drank too much (again) and threw up (again), really must learn to not to drink everything thats put in front of me.
Father's day Sunday and i was presented with a lovely home made card and a brilliant star wars chess set. love it. Was surprised how much Moo knew in playing. She has, i hope, inherited her mother's mind blowing talent for chess... time will tell. I might get all anoraky about it and paint all the pieces... hmmm.
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.
1 comment:
I love this painting - I stumbled upon your blog as I was searching for something trivial on the net and I really like your stuff - I live in Knaresborough too, but you've made it look like somewhere more interesting.
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