Sunday 29 November 2015

Visual ideas for novel....















Visuals for Novel A

When I write, I see and hear the story I have in mind and sometimes take a few photos as reminders and inspiration.



Part One










Part Two































Part Three












Part Four and Five


(in progress)




I am unsure about whether to include images, partly because some areas of the novel would be devoid of them and the reason for this is that the cameras I had with me ran out of film and my cellphone ran out of charge so I reached a phase on the Norfolk coast where imagery is purely stored in my head and I guess then I depicted what I saw in my mind and in surroundings in words.

I hope one day to make a film of my story.  

The photos act as a constant visual reminder.

Friday 6 November 2015

The Persephone file




Rossetti on Proserpine

She is represented in a gloomy corridor of her palace, with the fatal fruit in her hand. As she passes, a gleam strikes on the wall behind her form some inlet suddenly opened, and admitting for a moment the light of the upper world; and she glances furtively towards it, immersed in thought. 
















Friday 2 October 2015

The Light Album



I started to compile some photos together on the theme of light



Nice






Menton




Nice




unknown place







reflection of a segment of the observation-wheel - 

Winter-Wonderland - Hyde Park





the dismantling of winter wonderland






car head-lights


crossing a common - in north east London





on the way home from my friend's house





heart shape

in a cemetery in Hampstead - London







making coffee on electric stove - 


a London morning





Sunday 13 September 2015

Van Gogh as inspiration

I first saw this painting today by Vincent Van Gogh.
It's of Armand Roulin and was painted in 1988






There is a look to Jeremy Corbyn that reminds me of Van Gogh- perhaps the sincerity. Corbyn and Van Gogh also share an interest in the ordinary person, the worker.











Van Gogh by Van Gogh





Perhaps I could try to paint Jeremy Corbyn ?





Figurative Photos - Summer 2015

Some photos I took on holiday this year around Lisbon, Sintra and Estoril in Portugal, with my BlackBerry.





me - Atlantic Ocean





police at Estoril train station




writer at Estoril




man on bench at Estoril




guitarist - beach at Estoril




father and son - Estoril




Salvador - Estoril




fisherman - Estoril





me - Lisbon





family - Sintra





Rosabel Sophie - Estoril



The youngest of the family 
Background: Casino Estoril







man and woman on a bench, Sintra


Time permitting I intend to use these some of images as inspiration for a series of drawings perhaps, if not oil paintings. Hopefully the dilutants, such as poppy and linseed oil, won't make me feel too nauseous. I don't have a studio out of the home, so when I set up all my painting things here we are surrounded by heady fumes. I dislike acrylics but may consider gouache or egg tempera.