Latest commission

Finishing up my latest commission of four paintings. Above is the first of four, the scan didn't do it justice, I tweaked it as best I could but it's still a little bleached out.
I hope to get these done by this weekend, the pressure is on. After these I'll be moving on to a family portrait on cold press paper with either graphite or chalk, I'm not sure which. Maybe both.

tn.

Come on up to the house, revisited.

I was rummaging through my old archives when I came across a little gem that I hadn’t seen in years. I vaguely remember painting this one 10 or so years ago, and I can see why. It’s not one of my better paintings, or one of my favorites (actually, I’m not sure if I really finished it). The inspiration for it came from a Tom Waits song. None the less, the very top of this painting has inspired me to paint something similar on a larger scale. I have the perfect building in mind for it as well, unfortunately it no longer exists. However, before it was demolished, I took a few photos of it which will do just fine.


The below image is the cropped version (by 50%) of ‘Come on up to the house’ painted ’99, acrylic on canvas board.

©2011 Timothy D. Nicholls, All Rights Reserved.

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Happy upcoming Halloween folks.

What's up?

Blogger seems to be a little 'FUBARed'. Maybe I should move this blog to another site.

Cambridge Arts Festival...

I've been thinking about showing some work at next years Cambridge Arts Festival, but I'm not sure what to show. I think I'll paint some new stuff just for the show, I don't know. It's several months away so I have a little bit of time I guess. Maybe I'll get that dollhouse done, and show it. But there's a painting of Goldfish that's been in my head for a long time now, maybe I'll finally paint it and show that as well. I'd better get to work soon I suppose, unfortunately I am lacking a little in motivation lately. Maybe it's the rain.

tn.

Down, but not out

Well the kids are back to school now, and as usual I get hammered with a cold. Which starts in the head and nasal cavity, then makes it's way down to the chest. It starts up quick, is uncomfortable, feverish, painful and deliriously restless, but lasts only 3 to 5 days at most. I'm just about through it now, but it's making it's way through the ranks. Once we all get past the 'back to school cold' all the little snot factories can get back to learning (and I can get back to painting, or whatever). So far I'm not overly impressed with the little ones teacher this year, she seems to be a bit much. But, we'll see.

I'm also concerned about an injury to my leg that seems to be worsening, an odd discolouration, and quite painful. It's a different kind of pain, it worsens when I stand up from sitting and vise versa, or even just move it or rub it. But the pain isn't immediate, it starts after I've stood up, a few seconds later, grows in intensity then subsides. It's not like a pulled muscle pain, or sprain. Nor is it like after bumping into something. It's not swollen. But, maybe it's just me, it feels slightly colder to the touch than the other leg. Especially around the foot area. The oddly coloured bruise is at the knee. All this has taken a couple of weeks to develop. And all this developed after being hit in that leg, just above the knee. It was 'charlied' for a week after being hit, but progressed to this. Anyway, I'm sure my doctor will figure it out. Eventually. Until then, it fkn' hurts.

By the way, my finger/knuckle has healed. But it aches sometimes. C'est la vie.

Carry on.

tn.

Still a little sore...

A week or so ago I injured my finger during a little horse play, and this picture taken the day after doesn't really give it justice. Today, it's still a little sore and the knuckle is still a little swollen, and looks a little crooked. Good thing it's not the hand I paint/sketch with. Even so, I haven't been doing much lately in that respect anyway. Still have a lot of work to do around here, and hopefully when all that is taken care of, I'll get back to it.

tn.

My little muse, the one the only...........Mr. Clover himself.

I think I'll keep it........

Now that 'Sketches from the Earth' is done, I thought about changing the title of this blog. I pondered on what I would re-name it, but in the end, I've decided to just keep it the way it is. I like it the way it is. Hopefully others do as well. So let's just see where this blog will take us shall we.
tn.

10 yr scribble book, at an end...

My sketch book/scribble book of the past 10 years is coming to an end. The overly enthusiastic title of the book, 'Sketches from the Earth', (which was titled before the book was started, instead of when it was finished) had high hopes for this book, to develop into something quite impressive. But, almost from the start, it took a turn from what it was hoped to become, to something emotional and personal at times, varying in quality and styles, mostly scribblings of half thought ideas. A little window into my life during these past 10 years. Unfortunately, nothing overly interesting nor any memorable sketches come out of this book. And after 10 years, it's time to retire it to the shelf.

This blog was originally titled 'Sketches from the Earth', in a sort of honour of this book, and was set to be a sort of extension of it. However, with the books retirement, I've decided to re-name this blog as well. I'm not sure what I'll be calling it though, I do have a few thoughts. So this blog will be going through a re-construction/re-arranging during the next little while.
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