Time for change?

I never feel that January is the beginning of a new year for me. It’s usually cold and wet and not at all conducive to making plans that require effort and determination. I prefer to do that in the springtime when everything appears more optimistic and achievable. So my New Years resolution would be to defer any major changes in direction until then!

2021 was a good year for me artistically once it got going after the lockdown, a period I seem to have erased from memory. Suddenly exhibitions and open studios sprung into life and we all made up for lost time. These were all the more enjoyable for the lack of events on our agenda’s for so long! Every cloud has a silver lining I suppose.

I have nearly finished a painting that is based on “the whiter shades of pale”. I have long been a fan of the song, and of light ethereal images that have a ghostly and dreamlike quality, which I have tried to capture. It will be exhibited sometime in the spring, my favourite season.