Abstract

Undersea Flow

This piece was set as an art class challenge to use relatively bright watercolours. Generally I think of watercolours as being a bit wishy-washy...washed out in terms of colour.

However, I rose to the challenge and decided to use the idea of seaweed and coral as a starting point; I thought about the effects of oceans currents on its movement and flow, and this was the result.

I drew the basic shapes in first, as watercolour is harder to paint on top of than my usual acrylic paint.

Under the Microscope

In this piece the shapes have been textured before the application of acrylic paint.

As a Zoology student in the 1970's I looked down a lot of microscopes and this came into my mind as I created this piece.

My Brain

This piece wasn't 'designed' as such, it just developed as it went along. I was thinking about my thoughts, ideas, the links between them and the way my mind sometimes seems to buzz with thoughts which seem to have their own colours and shapes.

Escape from a Black Hole

Sometimes we stifle our creativity, or allow it to be stifled for us, - if we can allow it to escape from the darkness our world can burst into colour. - the art class challenge was to create something with a single vanishing point - but this represents creativity breaking out, not vanishing!!!

Flowers in the Window

Our art class challenge was to create a picture with 2 vanishing points.

This one is named after one of my favourite songs by Travis - it’s full of meaning.

Cats on Hot Bricks

This is the final piece of work in our art class term working on perspective. I started with drawing out the blocks, but as I painted them in I felt that something was missing. I wanted to add something sinuous and curvy as a contrast to the rigidity of the blocks, and suddenly realised that cat silhouettes would be just right!

Lights on the Water

This was created as an experiment and was just a free abstract using only a palette knife. I love the colours that I chose and I wasn't planning for it to be, or represent, anything in particular. My husband loved it at first sight, he says it's his favourite piece, and said it reminded him of lights on the water - hence the title. Maybe it makes you think of something quite different.