I promised I would show Carole and Julie some of my old artwork from the days before my photography took over and I was a self employed starving artist. I’ll have to search the old external harddrive for more recent/better work but here are a few snaps of piccies painted /drawn in the past.
I’ve edited the post to add some more piccies for you .. EEK , you did ask lol ;0)
The really starnge thing about me being an artist is that I am severely colour blind lol , it has made for some interesting errors over the years!!
edited to add a few more for you 🙂
Lin, those are fabulous!
I wish I had your talent.
Thank you so much for sharing—now we need to see some more!
Lin, I hope you are still drawing and painting. Your work is beautiful. I would like to hire you to do a pencil drawing of my Funny.
Julie, Lin should design your business card!
aww you guys are being way too kind. I was never a great artist , passionate maybe but never gonna be great 🙂 My style is loose and heavy , not so much a realist I guess. I was born in the wrong century lol 🙂 People are drawn to realism and photo type portraits in art much of the time but that just was never my style . Loose and free with the brush and pencil was my style. Some people loved the style and came back time after time for work but I was never gonna be one of the most sought after although I was always busy. I am one of those artists whose work is 3ft deep on the canvas and is best viewed from the other side of the room to appreciate it ( some may say with the lights off lol)
I’ll post a few more just for you 🙂 😉
You have a special gift for capturing the essence and soul of each subject rendering them unique from the other. Superb balance, proportion and style are evident in all your works. You have a special gift, that’s for sure! Thanks for sharing and please share more of your beautiful artistry.
Thank you so much Margot your words mean lot. The art world can be very critical and very harsh especially when your work is not traditional in style.
I tried for a small time to be more traditional in style but it just doesn’t work for me ,its not me and it left me feeling sad and unfulfilled. I am a pretty chaotic person creatively and tightness and boundaries in expression are just so not what I can conform too.
I would love to have had the time to paint away from commissioned portraits. I would love to paint places,faces,feelings,moods and emotions. Even more so memories and images from the imagination. Maybe one day…sigh.. I think that was the other thing I didn’t like as much about painting etc for other people , well I guess that’s not the right way to say it, yes.. I did enjoy it, I love art but I could never charge a client very much because it left me feeling racked with guilt ( I am not good at the taking money part lol) so it basically meant I painted from dawn to dusk 7 days a week to make ends meet. I found that frustrating and sad.
Ah well I still love to view art, and feel other peoples art ,the passion wont ever die I don’t think ,I just don’t seem to have enough time for anything these days and I miss the personal outlet painting etc gave me..