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Printmaking tools and painting
I had one of those Eureka! moments on Monday. I’ve been doing a lot of printmaking and I’ve mentioned before how diverting into other...
Gillian Holding
Apr 17, 20241 min read
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Flux
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what it means to make (attempt) critically engaged painting. If not painting for the sake of...
Gillian Holding
Aug 21, 20161 min read
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Playing With Paint
Holbeck Viaduct (detail) work in progress More work on the old surface using up old materials to depict a Holbeck panorama. #holbeck...
Gillian Holding
May 5, 20151 min read
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Holiday studio
Here’s an all time first. I’ve been staying the last fortnight with friends in their Indian Ocean paradise. As usual, I packed enough...
Gillian Holding
Sep 3, 20131 min read
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Oil studies
Hot sunny day, so nothing better than to creep inside and miss the sun in pursuit of painting. One of those phases where I revisit...
Gillian Holding
Jun 21, 20131 min read
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The Old Travelling Kit
My ongoing fascination with the ordinary everyday is now particularly focussing on abnormal normality and issues of collaboration and...
Gillian Holding
May 1, 20131 min read
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Harsh scrutiny
#Painting #Portraiture #selfportraiture
Gillian Holding
Apr 25, 20131 min read
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Dash of Paint
On the point of scuttling out back to car and decided I had time for a quick oil painting. Placed materials and gilt wax on floor,...
Gillian Holding
Apr 23, 20131 min read
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Showing Process
I have an exhibition starting this weekend. It’s in a relatively small room adjacent to a larger dining area and bar at The Reliance in...
Gillian Holding
Apr 17, 20131 min read
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Street wanderings
I’ve been in the studio every spare second this week. When I’ve not been driving the backstreets of south Leeds in search of target...
Gillian Holding
Mar 3, 20131 min read
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Thumbnails
#drawing #projectprocess
Gillian Holding
Feb 25, 20131 min read
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Real Life Class
Waiting at station to collect a young international concert pianist whom we are hosting this weekend. The train is due in a couple of...
Gillian Holding
Feb 23, 20131 min read
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Life Class
I think it’s over two years since I last did a life class. I was tempted to spend all today doing a “Klimt” based one. It’s a nice way of...
Gillian Holding
Feb 23, 20131 min read
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Painting Pleasure
The tendency after any sort of show for me is to sink into a state of overwhelming lassitude. Psychologically, I’m on a roll, but with no...
Gillian Holding
Nov 9, 20121 min read
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Westbourne Grove Drawings continue apace…
I’d hoped to find a way of posting these daily tasters on the fb event page but the system is defeating me. I have to admit some days I...
Gillian Holding
Oct 24, 20121 min read
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Enamel Enamoured #gristtothemill
After a busy couple of weeks spent staring at computer screens producing work for various festivals here, there and just about...
Gillian Holding
Jul 23, 20121 min read
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Finally done #gristtothemill
All done. Save mounting and finishing. The great thing about seeing any idea through to completion is the way I want to immediately start...
Gillian Holding
Jul 11, 20121 min read
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Revealing layers #gristtothemill
Tore away the masking tape this afternoon. I quite like it. Bit more to do tomorrow then it’s done. It’s at the abstract stage: the...
Gillian Holding
Jul 9, 20121 min read
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Figurative Abstracted #gristtothemill
Nerve-racking stuff painting through the last few days. Some bits working well. Some not so well. It’s at times like this I feel like...
Gillian Holding
Jul 8, 20121 min read
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Informed by Photoshop #gristtothemill
Between now and my deadline for this painting, I have chauffeur, chef, housemaid, teaching and advisory duties making lengthy studio...
Gillian Holding
Jul 7, 20121 min read
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