by jamesnaughton | Oct 6, 2013 | Naughton and Moran, Studio Phase Diary
Moving On Up I get the feeling that it’s time to move up in scale from the Teton Sketch paintings. In these larger works I try a few different approaches, each starting with a slightly different intention. In some of the paintings working directly from...
by jamesnaughton | Oct 5, 2013 | Naughton and Moran, Studio Phase Diary
Water baby Over the next few days I’ve continued with the small studies, as well as a few water colours at a similar scale. The challenge for me is to use watercolour in a way which stems more naturally from the way I paint, rather than feeling tempted to adopt...
by jamesnaughton | Sep 28, 2013 | Naughton and Moran, Studio Phase Diary
Where to start? So after all the anticipation, preparation and reflection, I have a day of exasperation! I spend a number of hours finding more tidying to do, knowing full well it’s classic task avoidance. Eventually I am struck by the realisation that I...
by jamesnaughton | Sep 20, 2013 | Naughton and Moran
Room to Grow I’ve settled on working in the studio in my home, at this point. With a bit of a clean up and reorganisation of the space to enable a number of different working areas are at my disposal. I thought it might be interesting to keep a photographic log...
by jamesnaughton | Sep 16, 2013 | Naughton and Moran, Studio Phase Diary
A Rest is as Good as a Change It’s only been three months since the trip to America but in one of those strange quirks of nostalgia I feel like its been an age since actually being there, happily the experiences ideas and the desire to communicate them are...
by jamesnaughton | Jun 21, 2013 | Naughton and Moran, Research Trip Diary
Final thoughts to Begin With So there it is, I am back in Bolton and the first stage of the project is complete, it’s a good time to look back, in preparation for the time when I will be producing the work. A few weeks ago in the introduction posts I asked the...
