Monthly Archives: February 2013

Memories As Art

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Gerald Shepherd

I meant to spend today mastering Gimp and the graphics tablet I bought myself as a Christmas present over six years ago but haven’t used yet (I might as well bought myself aftershave and socks!).  However the tablet went wrong … Continue reading →

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Art Diary: Week Ending 23rd February

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Gerald Shepherd

17/02/2013 A day spent doing things about the house and I didn’t get into my study until late afternoon (for reference, painting and drawing is done in my studio; writing and, increasingly digital art, in my study – for some … Continue reading →

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Weekly Diary

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Gerald Shepherd

17/02/2013 I woke in a tree, not realising that I had been living in a forest all this time, I beat my chest as if I was both captive and captor in the white slave trade and then climbed down … Continue reading →

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Art Diary: Week Ending 16th February

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Gerald Shepherd

10/02/2013 It was wet so I didn’t go out into the garden at all this Sunday. I did odd jobs around the house in the morning and then sat down and finished the drawings in my sketchbook entitled PERSON IN … Continue reading →

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Weekly Diary

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Gerald Shepherd

10/02/2012 I got up, counting the revolutions of a large crane in a distant building site, by the time I had parachuted a tea bag into a gaping cup it had screwed itself into the soft earth behind what I … Continue reading →

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Art Diary: Week Ending 9th February

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Gerald Shepherd

04/02/2013 Terrifying jobs like dusting my study on Sunday so nothing much of a creative nature done. Today I had to take and collect the rabbit from the vets. In between and a bit after I worked on ESSAY TWO: … Continue reading →

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Weekly Diary

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Gerald Shepherd

03/02/2013 Unusually I got up before June, who I noticed was in an earnest conversation with a tree kangaroo clinging to an eucalyptus log. The log itself was singing along to a Buddy Holly song and the kangaroo was translating … Continue reading →

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Honey I’ve Shrunk The Studio

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Gerald Shepherd

My wife and I live in a reasonably large (but run down) rented three bedroom detached property with a relatively big garden.  We took it in 1987 as I needed plenty of space for my studio and books.  Since then … Continue reading →

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Art Diary: Week Ending 2nd February

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Gerald Shepherd

27/01/2013 The start of what will be a fairly disrupted week as my wife is on holiday so I am sure we will go out a bit. I/we have also lined up quite a few D.I.Y jobs; some of which … Continue reading →

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Weekly Diary

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Gerald Shepherd

27/01/2013 I have four roadside alarm clocks but still woke up late on the pavement. After a breakfast poured directly on the table I donned a clockwork costume and worked all morning astride a skeleton called scaffolding – in some … Continue reading →

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