This is my first offering at the age of 62
Having been a songwriter since 14 years I ended up channelling early on and an interest in microcosmic activity as opposed to world domination
I realise that for me a song and a painting in the 5th dimension are both images and sound and we are all hit with it, some of us manifest some of us don't
I asked friend and painter Christopher Twigg what I should do and he told me to use my wrong hand as it would set me free from memory and expectation of the education system, this blew my mind as I remember schoolfriend Peter Macadam always being told he was 'not an artist' but they didn't realise he was a conceptual artist, his ideas were mind blowing, it was just his motor skills that were limited, unlike some pupils who could copy a horse or a dog and were told they 'were' artists, such a brutal obstacle to navigate for Peter, when the circus of 77 punk arrived, we both dived forever bonded... also, being a right hander gives me lovely feeling of solidarity with the lefties, who not so long ago 1950's, were brutalised by the education system and forced to be right handed
It's an honour just to have a go, I spent a couple of weeks twiddling with Liddles canvases and trying to mix oils to disastrous consequences, then realised, just like my mild and probable OCD tendencies, found I hate mixing colours just like I hate mixing food or mixing records
I also found I like hand made Japanese paper and love the A5 & especially A6 sizes
This is where Im happy
My daughter Phoebe is going to come up the road soon and teach me how to do Lino cuts
Much love
Martin xx
If there is a wee LH in the bottom right hand corner, it means drawn by left hand from the right hemisphere
If there is a wee RH in the bottom left hand corner it will be my right hand drawn from the left hemisphere
;-) x
If there is a wee LH in the bottom right hand corner, it means drawn by left hand from the right hemisphere
If there is a wee RH in the bottom left hand corner it will be my right hand drawn from the left hemisphere
;-) x
Done on Japanese handmade paper A6 size
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Done on a train from Glasgow centre to Clydebank
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Train from Glasgow Central to Clydebank, I was heading to the Merc garage to pick my old wheezer up, she'd been under the mechanics knife ;-)
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Alternate takes Available
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And meanwhile, on the train
'Giza smile lads...
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Welcome to Portfolio 2, these are offerings done on size A5 watercolour paper with high quality coloured inks
This is a shorter run as I prefer the smaller A6 but these pictures will be rarer and more collectable
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Alternate and original takes available
No prints x
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This picture is still available as an original take 7 & onwards, as there have already been an addition 5 takes sold after the sale of the original
It's a time consuming alternative to lazy ass printing but it keeps things microcosmic and fun xx
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A small portfolio of seven ink paintings on handmade Japanese paper
A6 Size: 4.1 inches x 5.8 inches
Although these are originals with no prints
I can do alternate takes which will be similar but not exact copies
Tis keeps things clear of the lazy printing option which I aim to avoid
He's a good looking boy x
I saw him in March at Inverness Railway station, I was having a coffee sketching
Seemed a lovely soul x
High up in the sky, he does spy ;-)
I saw this guy in Portugal (Lisboa) 1996
He was originally featured in my wee travel book 'Bairro Alto'
He was originally called 'Gay Man in a Restaurant'
A picture of Anna holding her candle during lock down, she would take a minutes silence for us all as we did little concerts to keep good folk's spirits up
It was a tough time for a lot of people, losing loved ones, being isolated, Anna was a great host as we played some choons xxx
Dream Guitar One: take one sold so I did another couple of takes from memory
One was for Anna to keep and this is the other (take 3)
These images are reasonably easy to recreate in spirit but all must have their own unique energy
Hence 'No Printing'
x
I saw this lady also in Inverness not long after Happy Soldier got on his train, I love drawing little dogs from a distance, they look even smaller he he!
I added the stranger as I kinda misplaced the lady a little too much to the left, so I added Sam Spade time traveling or the like, I like the idea of weather being on different dimensions at the same time, I suppose that's what happens all the time, we are all ghosts to some entities x
“Communion ”
“John Lennon”
“Glasgow Workers 1”
“Support”
“Silver & Plum”
“Chap on a train”
“Starbird”
“Navigating Deceit”
“Glasgow Workers 2”
“Clown”
“Red Stork Dream”
“Suspense”
“Tom & his Swan”
“Protection”
“Tusk Rumble”
“Celestial Family”
“Tommy Cooper”
“Diving Falcon”
“Progress”
“Signature”
“Trolley Bird”
“Scooter Perception”
“The Clutch”
“Dream Guitar”
“Unity”
“Negotiation”
“The Mask”
“Dream Guitar 2”
“Love Celestial”
“Discussion”
“Happy Phant”
“SwanGoose”
“Nature”
“Cycling Joy”
“Celebration”
“Egyptian Heart Throb”
“Happy Soldier”
“Japanese Detective”
“Camp Dining”
“Lock Down”
“Dream Guitar One: take 3”
“Weather Passing”
