The Kick-About #7 ‘Ennui’
The latest Kick-About, with much to say about Sickert’s painting “Ennui”.
ennui: a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
Gary Thorne
“A most welcome challenge to enjoy the mood and establish a balance between location and figure. As always significant changes up to the eleventh hour, perhaps a blessing with oil as this chap had a companion all the way through, yet his removal as well the monochrome against a sliver of colour has pushed this to a more ambiguous resolve.” Oil on canvas board. 40 x 50 cm.
Vanessa Clegg
“I wanted the process of the drawing to be as tedious as possible (and it was!) creating a sense of time stopping/ dragging… the only indication of its passing being the alteration of pencil type and pressure… repetitive pattern making tying me to the work table. A sense of entrapment. Clouds are mercurial by nature, constantly metamorphosing, so, by freezing the…
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method two madness 
Thanks as always 🙂
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And the same back.
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I liked the singled colored eye at the bottom of the squares of gray in your contribution.to that collection.
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Thanks Frank. My friend Marcy gave me an old painting that she had cut up so I could use the pieces in a collage–and it fit perfectly!
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It was a thrill to see that square find a home! I was in my office at work and shouted “Woo!” out loud. 🙂
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It was the perfect gift–I think the Oracle may have had a hand in it. Just what I needed when I needed it.
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