Pat W. was sadly not able to join us at the Royal Festival Hall a couple of weeks ago. She has sent in some images to share, and so here they are.
This is what she said : "At last here are a few bits and pieces which I had hoped to bring up to London last time. Being somewhat more housebound these days I am having to find some homebased subjects. The drawing (which is quite big) is a corner of our conservatory with a somewhat aggressive plant
The black/white ink and the painting is a sort of abstract of a topi arid bush and some metal
Birds I made for a very plain bit of wall. The painting of pines is in the Sandringham Woods and the quick drawings were at Kings X."
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My goodness Pat, what a selection! You get stronger every time.
The drawing (no. 1) is STUNNING. So beautifully observed, down to the magnificent spider.
My one tiny comment would be the shadow on the floor. The leaf shadows nearest us are a bit dark compared to the shadow of the pot, when they would actually be the same depth and degree of sharpness, as they are at the same level off the floor. However, if you were wanting to make a statement about the aggressive claw-like reach of the shadows - then great, but you need to maybe alter some other aspect too, just so that we know it's a deliberate exaggeration, and not just over-zealous drawing. I love it -do more, of anything within reach, with the twist of the spider-equivalent of beautiful observation. These could be your finest moment!
Your skills with drawing also come out in no. 4. I especially love the chap looking up and holding his hat - SO expressive and good - I can just picture him there. Then the drawing at the bottom of that sheet is creating a more imaginative world, with the glass structures becoming almost fluid.
Nos. 2 and 3 are the inventive Pat we know and love! I think the black and white one works best, in a very effective graphic way. It's descriptive, but not too much so, and the black and white patterning of the whole thing is very well balanced and arranged, the coloured one works less well, because you are being drawn in to describe the swallows/leaves etc. a bit more than is necessary. They work best when the y are suggested (no.2), meaning the viewer has to work a bit harder.
Then, no.5 is different again, being a very well executed painting of the pines. I like the tall format, and you haven't been sucked in to becoming too 'conventional' in terms of the painting. By that I mean that sometimes, when you start to paint, you fall straight back into the 'how-to-do-it' mode, and lose sight of the actual idea behind the painting. Here you haven't done that, and it's a fine painting - well done.
All in all, Pat, it's a great set, one of your strongest yet. Pretty amazing when you've got so much going on! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Your skills with drawing also come out in no. 4. I especially love the chap looking up and holding his hat - SO expressive and good - I can just picture him there. Then the drawing at the bottom of that sheet is creating a more imaginative world, with the glass structures becoming almost fluid.
Nos. 2 and 3 are the inventive Pat we know and love! I think the black and white one works best, in a very effective graphic way. It's descriptive, but not too much so, and the black and white patterning of the whole thing is very well balanced and arranged, the coloured one works less well, because you are being drawn in to describe the swallows/leaves etc. a bit more than is necessary. They work best when the y are suggested (no.2), meaning the viewer has to work a bit harder.
Then, no.5 is different again, being a very well executed painting of the pines. I like the tall format, and you haven't been sucked in to becoming too 'conventional' in terms of the painting. By that I mean that sometimes, when you start to paint, you fall straight back into the 'how-to-do-it' mode, and lose sight of the actual idea behind the painting. Here you haven't done that, and it's a fine painting - well done.
All in all, Pat, it's a great set, one of your strongest yet. Pretty amazing when you've got so much going on! Thanks for sharing it with us.
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