A client has indicated that they want to buy my recently completed 'Albergo Doni, Venezia' painting but will wait until December for it to be varnished. The paint surface is quite thin and certainly not impasto and so should be dry enough to apply the varnish by the end of November. It will be going to an appreciative and artistically understanding home. Selling a painting is a bitter sweet experience as a little of the me is in each work that I do.
I have begun a new painting as a companion with my painting 'Reflections of a New York Diner W51st'. It is based on a diner/restaurant off Broadway where the waiters and waitresses sing in between taking and delivering your order. It was a fantastic experience and I was inspired to paint it because of the challenge of all the colour and 'neon'. The singing was breathtaking. The effect of the neon lights on the figures will present the biggest challenge. As most artists will know it is not easy to capture the quality of light with paint. I may try it in watercolour also as sketches. I have staerted the top right hand corner and finding it difficult to get the colour without the dulling caused when white paint is used. Using a transparent white may help but we shall see.

My painting of the reflections in the window of Bill's bar and Burger on W51st New York is now framed and ready to hang.

My oil of Albergo Doni in Venice is now completed. I now wait a few months for it to dry completely before I varnish it.  I am happy with the finished product but found the aerial perspective a challenge. I believe that we cannot make progress unless we challenge ourselves so, hopefully, I have made progress with my techniques

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