May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Tried working on perspectives today. Tried to do a whole A3 sized image today. Over ambitious, really. Jim’s face itself is fairly good, I think. Tried a picture with him open lipped today. The teeth are…as with the mouth…something I need to work on! Noses are getting better. Definitely learning “less is more” when it…
Meet the fabulously freaky and slightly abstract GenEric ;-)Not sure what the actual grade of material I was working on is, or if it is INDEED even paper! GenEric was drawn with oil pastels. Named and signed with Bronze metallic Sharpie.
I could draw him until the cows come home :-))
The art I make doesn’t ALWAYS have to be about Simple Minds, Jim Kerr, David Bowie, or birds (but they are the things that make my life good). It can just be a thought…a philosophy…a mantra…a belief. A need for self-belief and positivity. And it then turns full circle – because I do believe this…
Originally shared on Twitter… Rather harsh on Sparkle towards the end – and to SM themselves – a bit prematurely…but it is IMPOSSIBLE to deny this magic and aura New Gold Dream pocesses. More and more I believe the title of the album sees Jim as an oricle, because it is FAR TOO APT a…
Tonight there appeared a YouTube channel called “Simple Minds Rare and Demo’s”[sic] It seemingly had several songs on it. I got to hear one. An outtake demo from the Street Fighting Years album called People Stand Up Again. I would have dearly loved to have seen and/or heard what else was on offer…but alas, I…
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Full details of gigs at Simple Minds web site Could have gone over to Adelaide for the McLaren Vale gig. Have NEVER been to the Hordern Pavilion for a gig :-(( And I probably could have gone to the Hunter Valley too – if it had all been THIS YEAR! But, there you go :-/…
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