Usually by the time I am at the end of a painting all I can see is all the things that failed to work as they should have worked. Sometimes this falls away when a piece comes back from the printers. Anyway, despite the editors at Harper Collins being pleased with teh wolves I couldn't let them lie so decided to have another go. Result? Now I am dissatisfied with two pieces. Ah well. Just have to let go and move on to the next work, so off down the beach for a short while then time to make presentation for next week's school visits in Hartfordshire.
First painting for cover
Second painting for cover
I will send both paintings to Harper collins and they can choose.
Do we get to vote? Smile. I like the first wolves painting, they are running in a very smooth dare I say wolf like manner. Of course it is kind of neat in the second painting where one wolf is glancing back, so I can see your second thoughts.
ReplyDeleteI used to paint in oils and never knew when I was done! I am better with words.
All three are beautiful. Of the wolves, I like the first one better - it flows like a river...
ReplyDeleteWhat don't you like about them, I love them both but think the first might just be my favorite. :0)
ReplyDeleteThe wolf covers are beautiful, Jackie. I'm fondest of the first one... it seems to have more animation. Wonder why it is that we like the work we are doing while in progress (except the last bit, when we are "so done with it!")but can only see the flaws in the work when we are finished?
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the bottom wolf painting, with the one wolf looking backwards - they seem a little meatier than the top wolves, a little scruffy - and the rhythm of then run is interrupted by the one wolf looking back, which feels right to me... but, really, they're both magical...and the reindeer... one of my favorite creatures. Wonder which one they'll pick!
ReplyDeleteHi Jackie, if you sprinkle some sawdust around the base of the seedlings, the snails and slugs will leave them alone.....it works !
ReplyDeleteMy vote would be for the second painting - the wolf in the middle looks like Dylan the Dog!
ReplyDeleteAh each painting is beautiful. The first one is pure power, and each time I see it that is what I feel. Power. Strength. You have captured the very essence of Wolf Medicine with this one.
ReplyDeleteThe second one does not have that power. But what it does have is a story. There is something unsettling about the one wolf turning to look. When I look at this painting I feel unsettled. I want to know the story.
Such a gift you have, Jackie. I'm so glad you are sharing it. Thank you.
I love them both, but prefer the smooth ribbon of wolves in the first one.
ReplyDeleteYour pictures are always a joy.
I've been away for a few days - visiting Charleston in Sussex. I wrote my MA dissertation about Vanessa Bell's interior decoration, so it was a chance to lay some ghosts and to relish the wonderful mix of paintings, diy and idiosyncratic objects. Reading your entry on 20 June, about Torcross has a syncronicity for me. When I was a child, for years we spent family holidays in Slapton - at Beach Cottage. I used to cry each time we left to go back home to suburbia. I'm sure that Slapton is the reason why now I live in the countryside, steps from the sea!
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