Martha and Lisa

I just love it when friends recommend new music to me that they think I might like and I end up falling in love! Thanks Spencer, for turning me onto Lisa Hannigan! I always loved her vocals on the Damien Rice album 'O', but I hadn't realised she's now gone solo.

I love her voice, so intimate and richly emotional, my favourite kind of vocals! She is also incredibly beautiful I think, a natural beauty. I have been trying to draw her from videos on youTube, so far without much success, I've just not 'got' her yet (see above for some initial attempts). Anyway, I'll keep trying and keep you posted!

Meanwhile you can see her on myspace here , her website here and there are plenty of vids on youTube too.

Also, I've finally finished the Martha Wainwright picture!! It's not at all how I imagined it, it seemed to have a life of it's own that just kind of took over! I'd something much more graphic and contemporary looking in mind. Comments greatly appreciated!

love and hugs xxx

Making progress

My work in progress has progressed a little!

The picture of Martha Wainwright was inspired by a competition she was running to design a t-shirt for her tour (the image of her is from her latest album - I know you're married but I have feelings too). I just haven't had the time to get it done by the deadline though and it's still not finished so I'm just enjoying coming up with different ideas for it and having a play around. It'a a very sexy pose!

The other painting has gone through a few changes with regard to colour, it started off being quite bright and I've kept toning it down until I was happy with it, which I now am:) xx

Work in progress in October

I'm ill in a foreign country (it's only a cold), the perfect excuse for lazing around and looking at everyones wonderful artwork!!! i shal re-inspire myself and start thinking about what to paint next. I haven't painted anything for a few weeks now and I'm itching to get stuck into a new project!!

First of all I'd like to finish, or at least make some progress, on the two pictures above.

I started them weeks ago but I haven't had a clear idea of where to take them next.