Head painting exercise - 
'Vintage Coronation Street' 02

A further set of famous characters from the very early 1970's Coronation Street, a soap opera first started in 1960 and still running on ITV. The video source was from 2" video as found on You Tube which account for the softness. All the paintings are done in oils on cardboard, sized at 9.5" x 12", and done at various points during early to late summer 2023. 

Upper left - Stan Ogden, upper right Betty Turpin, bottom left - Rita Fairclough, bottom right - Ena Sharples.

Head painting exercise - 'Vintage Coronation Street' 01

Head painting exercise - 

'Vintage Coronation Street' 01

A set of famous characters from the very early 1970's Coronation Street, a soap opera first started in 1960 and still running on ITV. The video source was from 2" video as found on You Tube which account for the softness. All the paintings are done in oils on cardboard, sized at 9.5" x 12", and done at various points during early to late summer 2023. 

Top left - Elsie Tanner, top right - Albert Tatlock, bottom left - Len Fairclough, bottom right - Annie Walker.

Disposing of Art 03

Disposing of Art 03

For the first time this year more old and tired paintings were destroyed to allow for space. They are on wooden stretcher bars so to allow them to be put in to rubbish sacks I use a wooden mallet to smash the bars apart so that they can be easily disposed of, rather than a special and inconvenient trip to the tip. There is still quite a lot to still get rid of! All of the paintings have been photographed to a high technical standard.

https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/southampton-northam-river-itchen-old-jetty-with-sea-birds-martin-davey.html

https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/southampton-rockstone-lane-martin-davey.html

https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/christchurch-harbour-swans-with-mallard-duck-conversation-martin-davey.html

https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/exbury-gardens-narrow-gauge-steam-locomotive-martin-davey.html

https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/vintage-car-austin-7-martin-davey.html

https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/people-on-bournemouth-beach-pulling-dingys-martin-davey.html

Disposing of Art 02

Disposing of Art 02

Disposal of further paintings

Following on from last month, more old paintings have now been broken up and disposed of. Now the remains fit easily into part of a bin bag. The space is needed and these pictures have seen their best days. However the images are not lost as all have been correctly and properly photographed over the years at their best. There is still a number to get rid of too...

https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/bournemouth-air-festival-martin-davey.html
https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/cow-and-calf-in-field-martin-davey.html
https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/people-on-bournemouth-beach-parasol-martin-davey.html
https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/southampton-palmerston-park-martin-davey.html
https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/people-on-bournemouth-beach-kids-in-sand-martin-davey.html
 

Disposing of Art 01

 Disposing of Art 01

The first lot of old art to go

One of the problems with art is that once it is created it leaves a footprint. Digital art is fortunate in that it only exists (assuming it is not printed out) on a hard drive and takes up an un-measurable space. 
A painting, in the real world however, occupies a space, and if it it done on canvas then the painting is supported on wooden stretcher bars which take up further space, and add a thickness to the artwork. 
A paper based painting, like a watercolour, is simpler to deal with because it is only a piece of paper, so thinner and easier to store.Even so it does not that you end up with the one painting to deal with. If you paint, or produce a lot of art then more of this stuff appears, using up valuable space in the studio, on what ever support is used. 
I am now engaging on a programme of destroying old, and some not so old stuff, just to reduce the pile of artwork which has seen its day. It is all properly photographed however, and the photograph is far more valuable than the actual painting. In fact I would presume a very high percentage of people would have seen the photograph of the art, than the actual painting itself. So I have destroyed these 7 (20" x 16) paintings and separated the materials, so that the canvas can go into the bin and I shall leave out the wood for a local person to use as fire wood. There are a lot more paintings to dispose of but the tip is difficult to get to, so I will get rid of them over time in this manner.

The benefit is space for newer paintings, and hopefully better ones, though I expect the process will be never ending! 
https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/christchurch-hengistbury-head-beach-with-boats-martin-davey.html
https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/people-on-bournemouth-beach-blue-sea-martin-davey.html
https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/tourists-at-boltons-bench-new-forest-martin-davey.html
https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/southampton-northam-river-itchen-martin-davey.html
https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/southampton-riverside-park-river-itchen-martin-davey.html
https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/southampton-hillier-gardens-martin-davey.html
https://martin-davey.pixels.com/featured/southampton-docks-ss-shieldhall-ship-martin-davey.html