Diary of a Painting: Storm in a Teacup


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Start with Signature - Late October

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Halloween Comes Calling

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Bubbles Painted Over 2 Days

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Highlights In with a 10/0 Brush

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More and More Bubbles

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Painting Bubbles with Cocktail Sticks

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Bon Fire Night Celebrations

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Need More Cocktail Sticks

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Something New in Spiral

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Weaving Between the Bubbles

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More Spirals . . .

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Going Viral

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Last of the 'Only in White'

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"Glow Wild" at Wakehurst Place

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Colour!

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Leaving Space for the Next Colour

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Union Jack - 1st Try

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Reds Shifted for the Reverse View

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Christmas!

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Secret Symmetries

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Sea Green Sea Foam

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Studio Cat Hard at Work

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I'll Clean those Edges with Cotton Buds

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So Many Colours to Choose From

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Sticking to the Sea Greens

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Uh-oh

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Snap!

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Hair Painted and Backed, Moving On

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So Far - So Far To Go

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Alice Takes Form

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More Details being Added

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Locked out of the Studio

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The Teacup Appears

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Winter Chill Outside

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Trying to Warm the Studio Inside

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Ready for the Background Now

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Nautilus Emerges

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Filling the Gaps

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Sneak Peak

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Feeling My Way

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Still Going with the Greens

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Having a Think @ What Comes Next

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Studio Cat on the Artist's Stool

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Refracted Light in the Waves

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Time for Another Think

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A Saved and Working Palette

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Still Not Sure Where this is Going

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First Wave In

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Still Working Hard

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Reflected View as I Work

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Second Wave In - and a Tail?

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100 Hours and Counting

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Playing Around

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Fishy Face!

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Shadow Play

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Valentine's Day

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Loving the Shadows

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Secret Symmetries 2

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More Playing Around

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Finishing the Fins

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Jewel of the Sea

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More Hard Work?

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Third Wave In

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and the Fourth

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Reaching the Far Horizon

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Backing the 1st Layer

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Spring Arrives Outside the Studio

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Towers of London

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The Emerald City

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Last Minute Addition - a Thames Barge

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Paint Dry - Cleaning the Edges

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Still Snoozin'

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Sun Arrives as I Blossom the City

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Tea Time in Looking Glass Land

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The 2015 Eclipse (Cake Homage)

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Caution - Wet Paint Loves You

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Filled and Sponged to Smooth Finish

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A Day Out While the Background Dries

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3 Days Later ... First Good Look!

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2 Weeks before the Exhibition - Ready!


Finished April 2015


To find out more about this painting please see the related blog posts:

That Alice Girl - Original Post

Doppelganger Duality

Animal Enigmas: Mullet


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