Self Suspended...

I had to admit to being a bit of a serial flitter when it comes to subject matter, but occasionally I get so caught up in enthusiasm for a subject I end up doing a little series.

Today I thought I'd blog about the 'Self Suspended' series of paintings I am currently working on...

Back in January this year I'd been in a bit of a post-Christmas creative flunk. I was really struggling to get my painting mojo back.. One evening I was sitting, being miserable, mulling on why I felt unable to go and paint - and suddenly was inspired to jump up, run up to the studio (no mean feat, its two flights of stairs and I've only got little legs!) and paint this abstract...

'Self Suspended in the Universe' 16 x 20". Acrylic on canvas.
Currently on display at Leakys Bookshop, Inverness.

Close up of 'Self Suspended in the Universe'

I had just thought to myself "this is all far too complex", fretting and worriyng, thinking in circles, what would be be like to escape my thoughts for a bit?... To pare things right down. To become just specs of energy, insignificant and free, in a Universe of wide open space and possibility. Free to express myself and just exist, enjoy the beauty around me.

Some days I need to escape out to somewhere beautiful or exciting, that day I was impressed to be able to escape to my imagination.

'Self Suspended II'
8 x 10". Acrylic on canvas.

'Self Suspended II' was a much smaller and more subtle affair - perhaps too subtle I think, but a good experiment in working out the way things would progress...

'Self Suspended III'
20 x 28". Acrylic on canvas.
Currently on display at Leakys Bookshop, Inverness.

By the time I painted 'Self Suspended III' I was far more back into my flow of painting, and decided to go for BIG and BOLD and frankly a bit in your face. I also recorded a little time lapse video of me painting it, start to finish...

And now I find myself working on 'Self Suspended IV'. A long narrow canvas (8 x 20") and something a little different in terms of composition. I'll keep you posted on how this one goes...