This painting is really just about a delight in the colour blue. I found an old jar or powdered French aquamarine pigment deep in one of my paint cupboards, its beautiful blue just so bright and pure that I decided
Sandcastles and daydreams
Still blowing bubbles
Everything is under control
The world is my ball of string
Tic-Tac-Toe
Is it any wonder
Pretty maids all in a row
Go, Go, Go Said the Bird
Inspired by the poem Burnt Norton by TS Eliot. “Go, said the bird, for the leaves were full of children, Hidden excitedly, containing laughter. Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind Cannot bear very much reality.”