To some extent it doesn’t really matter if I return to the same view time and again. If it was good enough for Cezanne its good enough for me. Its not really about the view anymore its about my approach. I wonder if I am ‘suffering’ from the usual complaint that afflicts all artists, to quote Francis Bacon, ‘Artists are never satisfied with their work, though I believe Henry Moore is’. I don’t know what Bacon had against HM, he never gets a mention in any of the biographies about him. I think this search really has no end and a solution will very slowly evolve in the process. Anyway, happy with this start, I want to make it more about the drawing than the colour, if that makes sense.
Alwinton. Day 1