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What do you see?

Dan Morelle posted a photo:

What do you see?

This was the first painting I did after 10 years of doing other stuff. I prefer this to doing that other stuff. When I look at it, it fills me with child like exhuberance to do more of what I love doing and I remember what it was like to mix powder with water in front of an easel being 7 years old, wearing an apron and not caring about anything. i remember the smell of the paint and my blue fingers turning green when they mix with the yellow…

Really Random?

Dan Morelle posted a photo:

Really Random?

Too many coincidences recently, so after another chance meeting I was compelled to map the connections. I took out the words for you here so it might actually make more sense. To me it looks like a weather forcast. A hurricane perhaps. Hurricane random?

To celebrate the randomness here is another musical podcast I made with the same name – it has a very special introduction from the marvelous Maurice Sendak. Have a listen and tell me if its just me that’s drawing all the connections?

Nelly

Dan Morelle posted a photo:

Nelly

My friend and ex-neighbor popped over unexpectedly a week or so ago. He told us that his good natured, gentle and sweet (if a little smelly!?) Staffordshire Terrier had passed away. Its a very sad story. Its a shame to lose a good friend like Nelly – we looked after her a few times and you will never meet a more gentle creature.

I made this for Ben and his family. My sepia brush pen and some over zealous rubbing out.