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Forest of Luffness, painting progress 1

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Above – another painting in progress – from my new series inspired by the history of a Carmelite friary in Aberlady.

It needs a bit more work to express the same mysterious narrative I amied for in the last painting (below). The painting above feels too distanced somehow – a bit too pictorial if that makes sense!

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‘Forest of Luffness 2’. Oil on 40×40″ wood panel. Rose Strang 2024

I’m calling this particular series ‘Forest of Luffness’ not just because I like all those ‘F’ sounds! But also because this particular series is all about the magic of that forest in May and June, whereas the paintings from earlier this year, in winter, were far darker in tone and subject matter, which I find is always the case with my paintings seasonally.

Hopefully I’ll find time to paint and post on this blog tomorrow, if not it’ll likely be Wednesday. I’m also going to post some updates on an upcoming documentary aout this series, which is being created by videographer/filmmaker Manuel Pennuto, it’s pretty exciting – more on that next week!

Painting process 6 – nearly finished!

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Here’s the sixth video showing the process of a painting (which I’m calling ‘The Path’ for now) from my new series inspired by the remains of a Carmelite friary in the mysterious forest of Luffness.

I’m talking about a couple of dilemmas here that came up – mostly how to make decisions that keep the panting loose without overworking it.

These videos are also posted on my instagram which is findable under ‘Rose Strang art’

Videos – paintings in progress

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‘Traigh Luskentir 3’. Mixed media on 16×16″ wood panel.

Today’s updated ‘Traigh Luskentir 3’.

I know people like videos of paintings being created, so today I remembered to take a few videos while painting (see below). Not very professionally – in as much as I was painting with one hand and holding a camera with the other – if you like the camera work in Jason Bourne films you’ll love it!

The video shows the way I work with wood – scraping back to the wood to create texture and so on. These paintings aren’t finished yet so I might make a better video tomorrow if there’s time, though the pace is getting a bit frantic as I also have my new flat to decorate. My hands will be worn out by mid-July, but in truth I’m really enjoying all these creative projects.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9J_qJLk9f4