Titled after Joshua Idehan’s track available here.

There have been so many disruptions in recent days, I managed to make a painting without posting a single image along the way. This is a retrospective post.

I’ve very rarely, if ever, tackled fabrics in my paintings so how better to break that duck than by tackling many fabrics wafting about on a washing line? It was an interesting challenge as reflected by the numbers of interim images, not all of which I’ve posted. In avoiding photographic replication, I relied very much on the style I’ve been developing with landscapes which involves overloaded brushes (I often collect two or three colours at a time) applied in a swirling motion to represent movement. Much of the patio was in shadow at the time but with bright sunlight coming through the leafless vine above so there were deep contrasts to contend with. I liked the drama of that and rather indulged myself in it.

What I like most is how impactful in terms of composition, colour, and implied movement it seems to have when I look at it from a distance. And it’s just washing!

Acrylics on A3 cartridge.

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