These last few paintings have felt like physical battles. I feel like I am trying to knock down a wall in order to get a clear view ahead of me. Even though I am knocking the painting around in terms of my uncompromising methods I am still retaining a lot of subtlety in the image. And this new physicality in the mark making is giving the paintings a richness that they didn’t have before. I am edging closer to something, but what that is I’m not sure of. This is a good reason to keep going. I think the images are getting more interesting not in the subject that is chosen, although this is important, but in the way they are being made. In terms of a subject matter, this is beginning to expand, and it has given me a freedom that I didn’t have before.
Llansilin. Day 5