Last Night Jack Frost Painted Ice Patterns On The Skylight.

Last night Jack Frost painted ice patterns on the skylight.

It's the first frost of 2024.

A new liminal drawing.

I draw these just before getting into bed when I'm tired and have stopped thinking. Although they are drawn on individual pieces of paper they are more like drawings from a sketchbook, finished but raw.

I like working this way because each one evolves in its own space without being directly influenced by the drawing(s) next to it.

A small, abstract pencil drawing. I draw these late at night just before I get into bed.

I never know what I’m going to draw. I simply make a mark and see what happens. This looks to me a bit like a fossil… or maggots having a feast!

A small abstract pencil drawing. I draw these last thing at night before getting into bed.

A very late night drawing.

These have become my (almost) daily art practice. Drawing when I’m tired and my brain has stopped functioning fully is an unpredictable process. But that’s exactly why I do it. There's no pressure and that's liberating.

A shallow puddle filled with the most beautiful, organic patterns of reflected trees and swirls of water moving over and around pebbles. I love these muted colours too. There is beauty in winter and it makes my heart sing!