Wednesday, 1 August 2018

Help! This painting needs a name.

???,  An11 x14 Original painting by Mark Phillips

I Need Your Help.

As most of you know, I am caught up in the beauty of Barbados in the summer. With the Flamboyant trees in full bloom in every parish, I am driving out about $50.00 in gas every day taking pictures all over the island. I have dozens to date! 

This is the latest. Those of you that frequent St. Philip will recognise this scene. One of the hardest things that I find to do these days is to come up with catchy titles for my work. I sat staring at this piece pondering what I was going to name it and then it hit me. Thousands of you read this blog and my posts on Facebook. Why not ask you to help. So, I am asking. Please leave a comment here or on Facebook and let me know what you think I should name this piece. The first piece in this collection is called "Flamboyant Avenue", and I am now putting the finishing touches on both of these. 

"Flamboyant Avenue", An 11 x 14 original painting by
Mark Phillips
I have also started work on another beautiful church with a Flamboyant tree in the yard! I will be sharing that with you soon. 

I will like to thank those of you who have contacted me about using my Easy Payment Plan.
It was a pleasure bringing the pieces for you to see first hand. Meeting all of you was the highlight of my week. 

I am constantly being told that my paintings look better than the photos I post of them. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, most of these photos are taken in my studio where the light is intentionally poor and secondly, the photos are taken with my cell phone set to the lowest resolution. This, along with the fact that I very seldom post pictures of the completely finished product, is to discourage unscrupulous persons from illegally using the images of my work for commercial purposes. I have no problem giving away my work but I try my best to stop people from stealing it.

You may be noticing that I am keeping these post shorter than usual these days. That is because I am neck deep in work. I have a few commission pieces working on and I am determined not to let them slow down my other scheduled work. I have been asked about giving classes, about what materials I use, among other things. I promise that I will address these questions and more in future posts. So until then, I will leave you with these words of wisdom from two great men.

"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." Albert Einstein

"If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere." 
Vincent Van Gogh

As always, thank you for reading. I appreciate the comments and the kind words of encouragement. Until next time when I will share some more of my work and a little about what makes me tick, please leave a comment with what you think the title of the painting should be.  And, I will really appreciate if you share this post with your friends. To make sure that you don't miss any future posts, Please enter your email address in the subscribe by email box on the right.


Mark Phillips

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