Friash Mother, Daughter and Foster Son in Trouble 2025. Acrylic on cardboard, 11 x 14"
As you may already know, I am making 50 paintings to exhibit at another Stuckist’s gallery in Lincoln, UK. These are all cardboard and uniform in size (11 x 14"), in order to make shipping affordable. I’ll mail them a month before I arrive to London in April to play art with some other Stuckists. Mid-stay, I’ll take a train ride up to Retford and walk to a little village to the burial ground of my ancestors. The next day I’ll train to Lincoln and show the paintings. Oh yes, and give them all away. Maybe the proprietor Donald can ask for a donation for each painting, to help with gallery overhead.
So my routine for the past couple weeks is to remain in the studio each day until two of these paintings are finished. It takes about a couple hours per painting, sometimes a bit more. I listen to classical and pop music and breathe through my nose. It’s a great way to get lost in reverie and sometimes achieve a light, steady ecstasy.
I made this painting yesterday while listening to a David Bowie playlist.