"So where does your inspiration come from?" they ask
"don't know, it just pops into my head!" I mutter feeling a little unsure how to answer.
"But, how do you know what you want to paint" they persist!
"don't know it comes from the brush nothing to do with me, really"
Thinking about this question - and other meaning of life type questions, i realised that my inspiration comes from what I see in the outside world. On a recent trip to my parents home in Cork, I was mesmorised by the bright colours of their garden. There garden was full of green and red. My next body of work will have to be inspired by the colours of the winter in Cork.
The fuisa was so delicate in the cold garden.
The berries look good enough to eat - for the birds any way!
Post by Mairead De Blaca
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Hi Mairead, I love the colours of the fusia, so vibrant & alive it makes me want to paint them, but the colours & composition of nature can never really be replicated by the paintbrush & that's ok with me. It is what it is.
Posted by: Emma Barone | January 29, 2008 at 04:42 AM