Firstly, thanks to the 48 of you who voted in my poll. The three paintings that will make up my entry to The WAF Open are:

1:- Nine Lives

2:- ICON

3:- Love Sick

I’ll admit that these are not the paintings I would have picked myself. But what do I know?

I reached a stage in late 2021 - early 2022 where my graphic design work wasn’t progressing, so I had to explore different ways to bring in the cash. I was working with Alex Corina, helping in his studio. The Liverpool Everyman Theatre had just asked him to become the artist in residence. I was teaching him how to use Procreate on the iPad to add colour to his pen&ink drawings. It was a mixture of analog and digital and it worked. Then I suddenly had the inspiration to do some art for myself. Using the same idea, but backwards. I designed my artworks on the computer first and then transformed them into physical paintings. It didn’t bring in the cash, but I enjoyed getting back into the painting again. I made about 10 paintings in 2022, all based around my little cat character based on “George”, my actual cat.

So now the process begins…

I have until 2nd June to get my entry together and then I’ll find out whether I’m in or not.

I’m not holding my breath. If I don’t get in, I’m blaming you.