Selina Jane the Artist | Blog 2 Columns With Frame

CIAO

Today I read that Italy is in lockdown because of the CoronaVirus. The images coming back look horrendous. It’s the unknown that is so scary. We already have a handful of cases in the UK and no matter what our politicians say there is no way that we can escape it. The Daily Mail is...

10 March 2020BySelina JaneInBlogno comments

SURREY CALLING

As a thank you to the man who introduced R and I, I offer to do a portrait of the man himself, Tim W. I ask for photos and he duly sends some but I need good quality ones and preferably with him on his own. After a short while he obliges and sends a...

1 February 2020BySelina JaneInBlogno comments

DAMN IT!

I have now given up on ‘Sally’. The painting is lost. I simply can’t explain why I have been unable to salvage it so I start a new one. My new beau, R, has kindly offered to let me use his large and sunny conservatory as my studio. After collecting my easel and paints I...

10 January 2020BySelina JaneInBlogno comments

FALLING

Some days Sally’s portrait looks good, other days I despair with how I’ve been unable to capture her likeness. I work, often late into the evening, with the TV on in the background to keep me company. I’ve worked so often over each layer that I can no longer see the canvas under the form....

18 November 2019BySelina JaneInBlogno comments

ARTIST’S BLOCK

“I should have returned energised from my most recent trip to France in September. My co-pilot has been replaced by a new one; my good friend, Heather. A short crossing to Calais where we sat on deck in glorious sunshine, quaffing bubbly, mine non-alcoholic, of course. A seamless afternoon journey to Avranches followed by dinner...

22 September 2019BySelina JaneInBlogno comments

LA BELLE FRANCE

Can anything be nicer than setting up an easel under brilliant blue skies and breathing in the fresh air of the Gers? Do I need more tuition? For a week I will be painting en plein air, out-doors at the lovely Maison du Guit which means the Duck House. A days long drive, bowling along...

30 July 2019BySelina JaneInBlogno comments

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