new work produced this week, with the saltmarsh at Thornham on the north Norfolk coast, once again as my main inspiration…
acrylic/mixed media on canvas, 60x80cm
Saltmarsh, early Spring. Mari French 2013
saltmarsh, early spring …
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studio space & swallows …
it looks like I’ve got a studio at last! having spent 3 years trying to find an accessible good-sized studio close to home (at present I’m working out of our tiny utility room, 6ft x 9ft).
I can’t wait to get using this space… it used to be a hayloft above stables and is built from typical Norfolk flint and brick. Apparently swallows flit in and out in the summer, there are nests… but not in the studio area, so no bird poo where ill be working, thankfully.
It needs a lot of work but fortunately I know a ‘man who can’, we’ll I’m married to him, lucky me ;0)
I’ll be posting updates on our progress…
harvesting inspiration…
detail © Mari French 2012
…a few sketches from a recent exploration along local country lanes, during the harvest season, led to some promising experimental imagery…
track through ripening barley, watercolour/ink pencils.
© Mari French 2012
above… I thought purple skies in a couple of instances would get across the heat of the summer day better than the usual blue.
Rain clouds over ripening crops
© Mari French 2012
at last … I discovered that this particular blue/purple crop (below) I’d noticed recently, was the herb Borage (nice edible flowers), and not flax or linseed, which seemed more prevalent last year.
stubble and borage crop, watercolour/oil pastel
© Mari French 2012
…and subsequent experimental images, created as soon as I got back, inspired by the field imagery, using ink-stained tissue paper, sponge rollers etc, deliberately avoiding using usual media like pencil, brushes… I want to take these further sometime soon.
experimental 1
© Mari French 2012
experimental 2 © Mari French 2012
experimental 1
© Mari French 2012
experimental 3 © Mari French 2012
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