James Flynn

Hello again, hope all is well. All is going fine over here, another day another dollar as they say, I have not seen the dollar yet, but the day has been ok. Ok considering we are at that time of year again. I try to distance myself as far as possible from all the fake hype surrounding this time of year, and I succeed to a certain point but, it seems that christmas is forcing it's way into my personal space once again. This post is not a negative rant about anything, I can just feel myself getting irritated already..... Anyway where was I? Oh yes the day has been ok, I managed to plough myself through the usual crowds at the high street earlier, to spend money I haven't really got. How is that a good day I hear you ask? Well, I am producing a lot of good artwork just lately, and I cannot wait to get it out there. Thats what I am excited about. Black and white, high contrast work is my preffered genre at the moment, and I am producing a series of charcoal portraits, and I am pleased with my progress. Following yesterdays post, here is my first of the series, simply named, "a tonal study".......

I hope this piece, portrays the energetic mood I was in at the time, as I did get carried away, and really "went for it", which is exactly how it should be. This is possibly one aspect of art that I like the most, the fact that you can see what mood, or what someone was feeling when they painted something, and I hope I have achieved that here. I can see that my work is entering a new phase just lately, and I cannot wait to start another piece very soon.

I will leave you this time with something I came across by an artist named - Oleg Shuplyak, I am always searching the internet for interesting new artwork, and any other great stuff that crosses my path, and I thought I would share this little gem that I found recently. I do not know alot about this painter, but I thought this was worth sharing here.

Until next time,

James