James Flynn

Hello again, and welcome....

I would like to thank everyone who turned up to my exhibition this week, it was a great turnout and a great day all round!

As predicted I had a large case of cold feet the night before, but the day went well, wine was flowing, and people were talking art!

It was great to see my paintings on display at last, after hoarding them in a small room for about two years, and...

With the weather recently starting to pick up, I decided that I could finally go out and enjoy a spot of "plein air"....

Having prepared the night before for the day ahead, ie packed brushes, easel, canvas etc, I was anticipating the next day and hoping for some more sun.

Of course, I woke up to the greyist sky I have ever seen. I almost decided to wait for a better day, but I was so eager I decided to take a chance and g...

Hi guy's, so good of you to drop by.

I have dedicated this post to a day out I had a couple of weeks ago. So, here it is...........

It is wednesday the 8th february.

It is a cold but bright day, and I am feeling excited.

After a brisk ten minute walk to the train station, me and my fiance Gemma, quickly buy our tickets from a...

Hello again, I hope you have all been well.

Very exciting times ahead.....

As you may have guessed already, I have a date for my exhibition!....it is finally coming together at last.

Here are the details.....

Studio 61

137 Lee rd, Blackheath, SE3 9DS

25th-...

Here I am again, just finished writing up a little list of local galleries that I will be paying visits too very soon.

I say soon because I am getting very very close to my solo exhibition, very close indeed. I have basically been working up to this for about two or three years now, I have around forty paintings up in my studio, just waiting to get out there and get some attention.

It is going to be a mixed bag of an exhi...

Here I am once again, all nice and settled down in front of the TV, just finished watching another episode of QI, and waiting for another documentary to come on about gangs in el salvador (it's the only thing on!). I don't watch that much telly at all actually but I have been hard at work just lately and I am going to let myself relax a little bit now.

I decided a little while ago that I was going to write and illustrate my own children's story boo...

Hello all, good to be here again, I have managed to make it through another christmas amazingly enough, the usual turnout.....drink far too much alcohol on christmas eve, then spend the whole of christmas day feeling like death warmed up. I did enjoy myself though, and all went well.

This will probably turn out to be a slightly more light hearted post in comparison to the last...... which doesn't really say that much come to think of it, considering...

Hello again, I hope all is well. I am writing this blog in response to the recent news that I am sure you have heard, that a planet has been found named kepler 22b which is considered to be much like our own planet, in the sense that it has all of the essential requirements to harbour "life".

This is amazing news and it has been great reading about this new discovery. It has always been observed that there must be plenty of planets out there like t...

I tend to work a lot quicker these days. I have finished number four of a series of charcoal studies tonight, which is not bad going, considering that I only decided that I was going to go ahead with these paintings about a week and a half ago. Yes, they are essentially black and white, tonal studies, which are obviously going to take a lot less time than a full colour piece, but this is still pretty quick for four portraits.

So what? I hear you as...

Here I am again, sitting in front of the TV, summarising the recent happenings of my life, so I can put it all down in words for you to enjoy.

I have to say, this blog started as a way for people to view my recent paintings, with a brief explanation to go along with it. Now, it is of course still a platform where I can show you my latest work, but I like to think it's a little bit more now......

Let me explain. I have gr...