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Going through a dreadful dreadful time with latest set of paintings. The normal concerns still apply: shall I let go and let the painting take over? Is this one going to be merely a shallow version of the first electrifying burst of insight that inspired the first painting in this group? Is there  continuity in this work? (I had a huge shock last year with a gallery in Manchester who couldn’t accept my thesis on the difference between ‘continuity’ and ‘consistency’. It was obvious that they were interested only in consistency of ‘brand’ and the easy recognition by the buyer of the artists ’style’. That depressed me enormously but also reinforced my determination to maintain my own continuity (only the artist is truly aware of what that is and indeed when the thread of continuity is broken - perhaps, when the thread breaks you know that you have finished, failed or succeeded - or indeed it could be the point at which a new horizon opens?)  Anyway, these moments of paralysis pass don’t they? But it’s good to know that NEOARTISTS offers us a ’space’ in which to keep going.

Day 1 of what, for me, looks like being an exciting enterprise in the company of many stimulating people and their ideas. A project that I am soon to submit to the panel for consideration will require, and involve, several artists in the UK and their contacts around the world. If the concept gains approval - I hope that some NeoArtists will be interested enough to become involved!