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150cm x 60 cm – mixed media on paper. A painting executed in the pouring rain under the canopy of an old oak tree. I did not want to return having made no drawing so set to and in the very wet conditions produced a piece that certainly reflected the weather this morning. With no hope of it drying I carefully rolled up the paper and hoped for the best. The painting survived remarkably well, less so my sodden trainers….
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Acrylic and charcoal on paper 150cm x 50 cm.
Large drawing made in the woods this morning. The paint wouldn’t dry in the damp air and the paper ruckled and crumpled. Insects crawled, mozzies bit, deer barked. Splendid to be out in the landscape, getting lost in the making of marks.
In July/August edition of Homes and Interiors Scotland.
Here is the long awaited publication that will accompany the Leith exhibition with Alan Rae at Fidra in North Berwick. It opens on Friday 4th August and runs until 3rd September. The book looks great thanks to some brilliant photography and design. It contains all the paintings and drawings and some of the text I wrote about my walks in Leith. Please do come and see the exhibition if you can !
Dark shadows under the trees. The main door to the tenement where I used to live propped open with a house plant. People are moving out. Into the cool of the stairwell, the slim wooden bannister curving upwards, spiralling to an Edinburgh sky of undecided mood as clouds flit across the glass. Boxes of things coming down the stairs, taking a breather at the turn of the stair. A a cat lives in the flat now – a wonky flap at the bottom of the door.
The breeze lifts white sheets on the line strung out into the water. Falling, breathing, as the tide rises. Birdsong, petunias in pots, Softly creased skin.
dominique cameron RSW 