'Looking-Glass Creatures'
Michael Weller NEAC keeps a sketchbook with him wherever he goes ...
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ARTIST'S STATEMENT
"I’m an oil painter who paints from life. I like the still life setting for my paintings partly because I like to stay at home, and partly because of artists like Vuillard, Bonnard, Morandi. Someone told me recently it’s all an excuse to push around coloured mud and I agreed with them.
WORKING METHOD
"I paint nearby familiar things in the room that I use. Mugs, apples, a jar turned olive green with thinned-down paint, a red bowl, a blue bowl and a milk bottle. Baking soda, because of the mint-green packaging. The arrangement of shapes and colours makes me want to paint it. I keep a sketchbook with me wherever I go. Sometimes I paint from the drawings but it’s mainly for the fun of it."