1-Great! you found me

I realise that I may be writing this blog for years to come without anyone ever reading it so I guess if I just write to myself it will serve the good purpose of sorting out the noise in my head. I am still very happy should you find me on this site and want to have a stroll around my thoughts. As this is the first blog post I am kind of wondering what would be of interest to you? I guess just filling you in on how I got to where I am today is all I can do. So today it’s 2022, I am 55 and I live in the south east of Ireland. I battle every day with the noise in my head that I should throw in the towel and do something worthwhile with my life. Yes, that noise is actually other people’s noise which I have heard all my life. So much so that my brain seems to think it’s my noise. Whenever I try to motivate myself I remember things like Art is not necessary, its Vital or The Creative Process Feeds The Soul. It doesn’t take much convincing to get me back in the game. So, today I have lots to say through my paintings. I am forever in awe of the beauty of the world and all it encompasses. I nurture my thoughts with the positive things around me. Yes I am aware of the horrors around me but I am capable of putting them in a place that is outside of my work. It’s important to me to focus on the good rather than the evil. I have encountered plenty of the ugly side of life but it’s not what inspires me, it’s not what gets me up in the morning, it’s not what drives me so why should I give it any more space in my mind than is necessary. And I certainly don’t want to spread ugliness on my canvasses. Enough rambling on for today, I will chose a subject each time I blog and hopefully it will help you build up a picture of why I am painting what I paint.