The year of our lord 02/09/12 Second blog.....ooooer.

Well peeps...I am now well installed in High Street Gallery so do pop along and have a butchers. The gallery is full of fabulous art and David Johnston is always on hand to give you the low down and make you most welcome. "Puck" is there...along with "Banquo" and the "Cloud Angel"....I'm also now installed in Jersey...hurrah"
Along with all this I have finally finished "Ophelia and the Storm"....it shows ol' Ophelia going quietly bonkers whilst a big eff off storm looms in the background. It was an odd one to do as I had no idea how it was going to turn out. The thing with my work is...sometimes it becomes more organic than I anticipated and this was one of those times. As I tend to paint like a jigsaw it was looking well wierd with just a big "man-storm" looming....no one had any bleedin' idea what I was doing....mmmm...I was unsure at times...mind that may well be my great age as I have no idea what I'm doing most of the times these days....ho hum. Any rode up...it all went swimmingly well in the end and she is currently on display at Craigton House on the Hopetoun estate just outside Edinburgh. It's a lovely venue and well worth checking out. I nipped across to Hopetoun House and had cake...it was delicious....yum yum.

Thankyou for taking the time...

Ivor x

Ivors log....this day of our doings 02/09/12................blog one.
Yes indeedy....have decided to bung this lot down in stages as it makes more sense to me, it may not to you my chums but....hey hoooo...here goes.

I have finally finished the commission painting for Carmen Storm...the infamous and talented Blackpool "Drag" entertainer. Carmen is producing a charity CD entitled "Two Faces One Voice" and wanted a painting of her as Carmen and him as Alex. It is all to do with the genre of music that both personas would listen to/play/produce. I must say it was bleedin' fun to do be it a tad strange as well. I've never had to paint two sides of a face one at a time even thought they were attached to the other. I have no idea if that makes any sense whats so ever..but, in my head, it is crystal clear. I usually paint block the entire face but this time it had to be done seperately.....ooooooer.....I must say the end result is strangely compelling to look at. Carmen has seen it and approves, which is all that matter really. I must say that I'm well chuffed as it could of gone sling backs up.
The finally CD design is now in her cabable and well maincured hands...I'll give you the heads up when it's all sorted. Hurrah!

Thank you for taking the time...

Ivor x