Run away without leaving home (WIP)

August 5, 2015August 5, 2015 | Anna Cull

On the road again, WIP – acrylic on canvas

“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” Twyla Tharp

Work in progress. Click here to see the original post.

Rediscover

July 3, 2015July 2, 2015 | Anna Cull

“I invent nothing, I rediscover.” Auguste Rodin

Dandelion study — ink on paper, digitally edited, 2015

Interesting places

May 26, 2015September 21, 2023 | Anna Cull

Lyttelton Harbour – acrylic on canvas, 305 x 915 mm, 2015. For sale at The Christchurch Art Show, June 2015. — Lyttelton Harbour – acrylic on canvas, 305 x 915 mm, 2015. Private collection.

“A painting is never finished ― it simply stops in interesting places.” Paul Gardner

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Things are looking up, WIP

May 15, 2015May 13, 2015 | Anna Cull

“The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.” Lucian Freud

Both sides of the line

May 12, 2015June 3, 2015 | Anna Cull

Landscape in the late afternoon (with cows) – acrylic on canvas, 510 x 760 mm, 2015. For sale at The Christchurch Art Show, June 2015. — Landscape in the late afternoon (with cows) – acrylic on canvas, 510 x 760 mm, 2015. Sold.

“Draw on both sides of the line, not just what you’re enclosing. The shape you’re making on the outside is as important as the one you’re making on the inside.” Leon Polk Smith

My latest painting, the one that began last week with this photo and sketch: a combination of brilliant sunlight and playful cloud shapes. And who doesn’t love finding things in the clouds?

I’m reminded of the Joni Mitchell song Both Sides, Now: “I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now, from up and down, and still somehow it’s cloud illusions I recall ― I really don’t know clouds at all.”