Boy with Knee Up

[Thomasin Dewhurst]

Thanks Linda and Alex, and Tom for your comments.

I find that when I am really in the swing of things the painting's story of light and colour continues into the shadow areas. The shadows are not just supports for the light areas but part of the real content of a piece. It is, at the most enjoyable moments, like following a trail that keeps turning corners so you can't see what's coming next, and feeling very fit and energetic and wanting to walk and walk and walk. I love to see what colours in shadows will do to the three-dimensional form. Painting experimentally is like keeping your mind jumping from viewpoint to viewpoint. I find more and more these days the need to paint to build up ego or self-image is being taken over by the fun of trying things out.