Art for my sake
Brush in hand
I decide on the first stroke
Relieved to have got this far
Having chosen what to paint
Searching through ideas
Photos
Then mixing the colours
A bit of this
No, not that
Thinning, adding
Finally
Pausing
Contemplating the paper
That moment of peace
Stillness
Before I take action
Both painting and poem Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
In August 2013, we came back from a whale watching trip to find a sailing regatta between us and the harbour:
Two predators, one real, one fantasy……
Deep on the earth, crystals grow…and perhaps Dragons too….
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
(shown at Eastercon 2019)
Huginn and Muinn bring information to Odin, here they are flying against the sun:
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
I am both happy and somewhat sad this week. I exhibited several of my paintings at Ytterbium, the 2019 Eastercon — a science fiction convention that was held across the Easter weekend. Amazingly I sold three paintings, which is wonderful, but this means that I will never see my lovely Phoenix again. She’s off to Los Angeles California and this is all I now have of her:
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
Here I am at the Eastercon Art Show with my paintings:
A car left abandoned in a field:
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
When I set about trying to paint a dragon for my good friend Larry, I was keen not to copy anyone elses dragons. This is what I came up with:
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
Here is a watercolour view of the Valley of the Rocks on Exmoor:
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
I’m re-starting my Monday posting of my art. Here is one my watercolour paintings that I often use as banner art on this blog:
Copyright © 2019 Kim Whysall-Hammond
The Cheesesellers Wife 