Bonjourno bonjourno bonjourno as our Italian cousins say...not that I have any Italian cousins and the nearest I've been to Italy of late is buying a pizza...ho hum.

I have been away to sunny Liverpool to have my website re jigged and given a spanking update. I've re invented myself like what Madonna does only I refuse to wear a conical bra...
A big thankyou to my chum and fellow artist Chris Butler for spending so much time creating it and putting up with my tantrums. How anyone can stare at screens, push knobs and play with a mouse all those hours is a wonder to me and I have great respect for them. I, myself, can just about muster up the enthusiasm to download a few pics and post a blog before I have a panic attack and become convinced the machine is out to get me and will aid my eventual downfall.
Mmmmm...perhaps I should do a series of paintings based on this paranoia and exorcise the ghosts forever...???

Speaking of a new series...tomorrow I begin work on the "Circus meets Burlesque" set of paintings. I'm quite excited about these as they're so different from the "Elementals"...I'm still unsure how they'll develop as I only have a vague image of them in my head. It's all a tad strange really because I usually have a clear image and a vague concept...this time it's reversed. The idea is firmly imprinted in my balding noggin but I'm going to have to do the first painting to see where the whole series will take me. All I can say is I see...velvet...tattoos...circus art...bosoms and colour. Here's hoping it all goes swimmingly well or I may well end up running away to the circus, donning lycra and dangling from a swing...mind, I have done that at parties....ho hum.

I've also just completed a new commission piece...I must say I'm dead chuffed with how it turned out and am just hoping that the client feels the same way. It's always a very anxious time where portrait commissions are concerned...how I see a person may well be totally different from how the person sees themself. I think I've captured the spirit and character of the person dead well.....fingers crossed the feeling's mutual......oooooooooooooooooer.

Whilst I've been creating "the art"...I've also been developing the idea of doing cards and prints. I'm putting the feelers out and have a set of 6 cards on display at "Luke and Jacks" in Glasgow, as well as some paintings. The very nice lads who own the shop have been fantastic and dead friendly. They are developing the shop into a wonderfly diverse "lifestyle" ambiance...it's well worth checking out. Please note the shop contains items of an adult nature so is only accessable to over 18s.
I'm feeling dead excited in general these days about my work and am often seen skipping merrily on the patio...not really a good idea at my age as things creek...others wobble and some swing................not a pretty site...hey ho.

http://www.ivorsexton.co.uk/

http://www.lukeandjack.com/

Thank you for taking the time,

Ivor x