4 of 5

….of the stuff I finished last year…

…this pair have many flies…..

..and in the colour version no two flies have the same colour combinations…

….mmm…flies….

Paintbook 54

…flies/eyes…

…..or, if you will, eyes/flies….

Paintbook 43/44

….out with the gold (see previous post)….

…and in with the nukes…

…(boom)…

….(mushroom cloud)….

….(mushroom cloud)….

…(bask in the radiation)….

Paintbook 42

….yeah….

…gold on a grey background….

…didn’t quite work the way I wanted it to….

…shoulda gone with silver….

Paintbook 41

….meanwhile….

….back at the wallpaper….

….no….not weed leaves….

🙄

Paintbook 40

….hmmmm…

….upon reflection….

…maybe not….

Sketchy LXI

…aaannnddd…

…I’m back…..

….(still unloading the sketch book)….

…(nearly caught up)….

Sketchy XXXXI

….tighter….

…needs more cutting and some drilling….(see note bottom right)….

Sketchy XXXVIII

…have to admit to being more than a little manic with the fly/skull/eye thing….

…had to get the templates just so…

…trust me, the painted results show the time spent in the development stages!….

Big Secret Project VI

….the last of the series that I last posted about 5 and 1/2 months ago….

…only remembered after a big long art chat with friend Adrian….

…fly/skull/eye….10th in a series of 10 finished during the first NZ lock down in 2020….

….and some less wobbly stills….

…I think all the flies are different on this…have tried to figure that out by standing in front of it and reciting the colour combinations…but got confused very quickly (and summoned a paint demon)…