Gillian Holding
Perfect Day
backs or fronts A perfect day. 1. I really really like the “backs” of these paintings which is good because if I hate the fronts when I...
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Gillian Holding
Apr 24, 20161 min
Slow-fast progress
work in progress (detail) Celestial Suburbia (Chapeltown) Can’t decide if progress is slow, fast, on schedule or behind. All that can be...
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Gillian Holding
Apr 23, 20161 min
Control and surrender
surrendering to process I was talking with a fellow studio holder yesterday about controlling process, and surrendering to process. It’s...
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Gillian Holding
Apr 22, 20161 min
Drawing phases
schematic layouts Procrastination takes many forms. The outside world mutters about it as though it’s a bad thing: but procrastination...
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Gillian Holding
Apr 21, 20161 min
Drawing media
experiments with media I thought I had one of those eureka moments yesterday. I thought I’d found the perfect medium to work directly...
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Gillian Holding
Apr 12, 20161 min
Left Bank Residency: day 8
, first layers If I begin to think about the amount of surface to be painted between now and close of play Wednesday, it seems...
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Gillian Holding
Apr 10, 20161 min
Left Bank Residency: Day 6
more experiments with material Day six is an achievement not least because for most of it I was at a charity fund-raising art fair and...
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Gillian Holding
Apr 9, 20161 min
Left Bank Residency: Day 5
Wah. But still, so much exciting stuff is happening in the midst of the angst that I would far sooner be facing the tough bits than not....
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Gillian Holding
Apr 8, 20162 min
Left Bank Residency: Day 4
drawing compositions Day four began with bleary eyes, a list of objectives for the day, and yet another interminable list of things to be...
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Gillian Holding
Apr 6, 20161 min
Left Bank Residency: day 2
Light patterns of evening Second day, and the temporary studio is in place. A series of foraging sorties to the conveniently located...
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Gillian Holding
May 20, 20151 min
Tourist View (Canadian Rockies)
Tourist View (Canadian Rockies) oil on paper 100 x 150cm On holiday last year, it took me a week or so to realise I was more interested...
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Gillian Holding
May 18, 20151 min
Painting in Women’s Hour
oil study (sacrifice of the feminine) (soldier) (oil on paper 110 x 80cm) Stuff’s a bit busy what with convergence of my taxi driver role...
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Gillian Holding
Sep 3, 20131 min
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...
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Gillian Holding
May 1, 20131 min
The Old Travelling Kit
My ongoing fascination with the ordinary everyday is now particularly focussing on abnormal normality and issues of collaboration and...
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Gillian Holding
Apr 25, 20131 min
Harsh scrutiny
#Painting #Portraiture #selfportraiture
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Gillian Holding
Apr 23, 20131 min
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,...
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Gillian Holding
Apr 17, 20131 min
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...
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Gillian Holding
Nov 9, 20121 min
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...
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Gillian Holding
Oct 23, 20121 min
Latest Projects
Westbourne Grove (a portrait of everyday) (detail of collage element) It’s been a while… but things get busy… the drawings are coming...
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Gillian Holding
Jul 23, 20121 min
Enamel Enamoured #gristtothemill
After a busy couple of weeks spent staring at computer screens producing work for various festivals here, there and just about...
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