On Unintentional Masterpieces

Dear readers, I doodle and draw and scribble everywhere. I do it mindfully and mindlessly. I do it in company and alone. Sometimes, I end up with something rather nice. In many ways, this is a serendipitous delight.

However, it does come with its problems. Above you will see a doodle from a train journey and a work surface respectively. The difficulties arise in that I feel a strange sense of bitterness that some of the pieces I work so hard at lack the lustre that my unintended masterpieces so effortlessly sport.

It's also hard to sell something or submit it to a gallery if the back of it contains my bank details...

A possible solution would be to doodle only on canvas or to use blank canvas as a work surface. Doodling on canvas on public transport might even attract attention. I do enjoy attention.

I shall report back...


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The Painted Sentence

Dear readers, I have embarked upon an exciting new project! Over in the wildest recesses of Instagram, another artist gives me a sentence, and I turn in into a masterpiece (or a doodle, at least).

It's challenging, strange and an awful lot of fun. They're going on sale soon and 20% will go to Jigsaw as always. (€148 donated by Emer's Happy Paintings so far.)

We would both really appreciate any new followers. The Painted Sentence, our doggy and I thank you in advance!

So Many Ideas

When I sit into my little old car in the morning and trek half way across the lovely island of Ireland to my workplace, I think. There's so much to see between Galway and the midlands that it all blends a bit. There are roads, fields, industrial estates, farms, people, animals and my thoughts. Melding many of the above into a painting proves a rewarding and ever-changing exercise.

I scrap the ideas that don't compel me or those that won't say what I want them to. I run with all the rest. I'm left with patterns, concepts and pictures - more thoughts and ideas than I could ever hope to put on paper or canvas.

And then I paint. As previously discussed on this blog, the art often takes on a life of its own. And this leads to more ideas and plans. And I'll never paint them all. But I'll keep going, and everyone around me in real life and Internet life will hear or read all about it!

With peace, love and many thanks for listening,
Emer