HOURS BEFORE THE SHOWING 29 TH NOVEMBER

Hours before the showing of the collection of some 30 works of watercolors , what goes through the mind of an artist ? well there are all sorts of emotions ... one being its up and hope all will enjoy it , ..... I have limited eyesight in one eye and the other eye is a lazy one that I do not see through ,so hear what happens I look at it this way ... its art by a guy with a great handicap , what I am able to do I have done for others to enjoy ......at the end of the day art is always subjective , I am hoping that my fellow artist will take a few of the above mentioned facts into consideration and they have been so very surpportive , , ...........the work is some of the very best I have done in years , its all done with love and a driving passion .......art ..... has always been a passion of mines since I was growing up winning two major art competitions island wide , many years ago this bouyed me further into continuing .....

The medium of watercolor is never forgiving one mistake and thats it , however we get along very well ....recently I completed three panels for a coffee shop, in acrylics and it was interesting working in this medium .... however fear not I am a watercolorist to heart ....

I am sitting here and wondering the response, of many as some pieces are very different , and different as they are they are an artist expression onto paper .......minus the flaws we are in the end bring somethging out of us as artist and people of craft

I am sharing on this blog an image of a painting in the stages of near completion on my work area ....all paintings will be up to be viewed fully so do pass by the gallery exhibit opens from this evening at 6.30 pm and will run till the 10 th December ........

ART

stumbling through silence .....16x23 inches full painting on the invitation ..... it is a watercolor

Well its been a year for me of various projects I am sure to have a great deal to share in my Christmas email that I normally send out every year ..........I am content with the works that will all go on display on the 29 th of November this year 2011 , ........I have been very vey critical of them one by one , i am my own judge when it comes to my art as it is a part of me that I am putting out there for all to see and the main thing is to enjoy fully ......

I started working on a certian section of the collection then stopped after awhile on purpose to recoup myself or rather regain another insight to take it to another level and i did just that as the work will be up for one and all to fully enjoy at the Fine Arts Gallery in Trinidad

All are indeed welcomed to the opening ,

The work will all be hung on Monday and Tuesday morning so people can come to the opening on the evening from 6.30 pm to 8 .30 pm .....

work is completed ???

All works of art have been completed for the show and all that needs to be done is gallery work ....hmm one more to do still , I need the right vibe to do this one .... I have an idea what I want to do but its to do it .......

sharing here a much larger teaser of one of the works to be viewed , this is taken from a 16x23 inch watercolor , enjoy ....

a new work is completed

growing up in the caribbean this was a common sight, however it is very rare to see these days and one must take this sight in when one comes upon it , .....this watercolor nearly completes the entire collection of watercolors, for the exhibition this year , hoping that you will enjoy this small fragment of the watercolor that is really 16x23 inches , in real ... this is only a slice or a fragment of the painting ,....

a dark sky

Today I completed another work , I will have to decide about this piece going into the exhibition as its a rather dark piece , you know when using watercolors it at times does its own thing for you and this was the case with the sky in a way ... will load a small part of it here .....

Few colors used in this one yet the colors used were dark ones ......I remember years ago that a watercolorist in England painted only in very dark colors and all the work was very dramatic .... its still up to me to fully decide if it goes in ....

Two more to go ......

Two more paintings to do in my books at least ..... before I am totally satisfied .....I have completed mainly 16x23 inch watercolors only , with one exception that of a 10x23 inch piece .........todays piece .....was painted with five colors only , two greens and two blues , and a touch of paynes grey in my solution ..........its a seascape , and I am very happy with it .....so do enjoy the fragment, thats on my blog for you to see , I will have this fragment in my album of teasers on facebook for all to view .....remember its only a part of the entire painting that you are looking at theres much more to the painting than I am showing you at present ....

Clayton

PAINTING FOR THE 2011 EXHIBIT

well I thought I would share a few things concerning my painting .....as time draws nearer , its actually nearly here in that I can complete only a few more pieces before I have them taken in to be matted up by the gallery .......

What inspired me for this exhibition ? well mainly nature and all that it holds within its very cosmos , we can see the beauty indeed , always one to bring this beauty onto paper I concentrated on certian things, about our beautiful island Trinidad .......this will be very obvious in the show, and what I am able to share with all who attend ......this is a painting one of over 27 works that is being worked on here at my place .........

Am I tired ? no I am not as every day that goes by , I am caught up in the world of creating art works , always on the look out for new subect matter , some subjects within the exhibition are replayed in several paintings but in different forms

So do enjoy the work

A great feeling to be completed with the body of my work for my exhibition , ......I just need to do a few more pieces and see what will indeed make the show from what will not ......, Completed another new piece today .......reminds me a bit of the impressionist period , ......loving the colors that I used today ,as well as the compostion ,one that gives it its unique name ........I have always loved naming the works that I create , .......there is something in a name of a painting, or sculpture , that evokes mystery , .........

Well today I dipped my wash bursh into a heavy soloution of yellows .......ahh...... what a wonderfully beautiful color to work in .....in watercolor ........then blues were right there for me to let my brush take advantage of as I washed areas in blues ..... so many blues to select ....

Its always incredible ,just as I am completed the art work.... how the natural light is snuffed out with overcast clouds bearing down ..... well do enjoy this teaser that I have up here .... its original size is 16x24 inches .........and its drying away ...ready to be placed in with the rest of the other paintings .........