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I have absolutely no idea what this is. I just had the uncontrollable urge to apply paint to a canvas, so I grabbed any old painting I could find, and just started painting over it. This is not unusual for me. Many an innocent painting has been lost to this compulsion to paint on anything I can get my hands on. I like to let the painting create itself to start with, and once I see what is happening, I take over. I also like experimenting with different colour combinations, so this is probably my main contribution to the painting. I also find simple relaxing pleasure in painting for the pure sake of painting, with no goal or idea in mind.
Please note that there is a lot of texture, and character to this painting due to the several layers of paint from the old painting underneath. I also considered re-stretching this painting onto a new frame, but decided I liked the old feel to it. This is an intentional choice by me to keep the "patina" of such an unusual piece of art.

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Have been painting in Oils for 20 years, starting off in a traditional landscape/still life style, but gradually evolving to wherever inspiration, and the paint and colour take me. I have Illustrated Children's books, working in Acrylic, however the flow, movement and deep depth of colour of Oil's are truly addictive.

My art is wide and varied, and provides me with endless joy, with the odd moment of frustration along the way. The joy of my art is that I don't put any restrictions on it. It flows, it comes from ideas, visions and sometimes just from playing with paint. The whole point of being a creative person, is to be creative, so I can't lock into a particular style and paint that style over and over. The closest I come to that are my fish paintings, but I love my fish paintings, they are so relaxing, therapeutic and never quite the same as I chase the swimming fish around the canvas.
Sometimes I will start a painting with a particular idea, or style in mind, but as soon as I apply paint to the canvas I see something happening that I simply can't resist. So the original idea is taken over by the intriguing possibilities of the unknown creation that lies ahead. Sometimes that creation is nothing special, or lost in the overworked searches for that magic painting that came from nowhere. Sometimes, that magic painting does come from nowhere, and I stand back amazed and wonder how it happened. My years of experience have taught me to trust my artistic instincts, so more often than not, I am pleased with the results.
I have no doubt that my unrestricted "style" probably works against my marketable profile, but I love the way I can paint with freedom and I cannot wait to see what I come up with next.