Time for coffee again. And a brandy to keep us going. Had a fab day so far. Have learnt lots of small new techniques. One involves experimenting with geometric shapes. Using a thin streched canvas, which he has an adjustable frame for. painting various designs, with complimentary colours, and then cutting out sections in various geometric shapes. Using a pre prepared template to ensure consistency. Then arrange them on a prepared canvas. Painting an outline on them to blend them into a large canvas, and seal them. Another was quite interesting. Do you remember at school Using crayons to cover a paper in different colours, colour the whole page on top with black, and then scratch of pictures and designs with a needle, pen, or anything sharp. We'll you can do the same thing with acrylics by layering them, and scratch in designs on the top layer, do long as it's still slightly tacky. You can also combine both the above to get some great effects. Aparenly he got his art degree in Paris, and later worked with a couple of artists, to gain more experience. He than chise the contemporary, modern, abstract form for his own work, although he uses other styles, and has joined with a few people in France who he trained with, and paint similar paintings and styles, and formed their own art movement. Fascinating.

working on lots of ideas. I have decided abstract painting, while intertesting, is not my inspirational style. the two paintings I worked on in Tunisia, are on display in the hotel. while fun to do, I probably wont repeat them, or continue in that style. but it was good for experience.

really im just doodling lots of ideas. practicing differentnt techniques, and deciding what to work on next. I produced a couple of abstract paintings while in Tiunisia, but decide while interesting it wasnt really my choice of style, but good for the experience. Ive also been working on my lost lands and contnents painting. the subject of which sparked a lot of interest with a group of people I met while in Tunisia, who were interested in my rersearch for it. which is now aproaching completion. I have found listening to some background musc, while working on art, has helpoed me to switch off and concentrate on what im working on. Again while working with the artist in Tunisia, I found a shared love of progressive Techno house/ Trance, for which I have also worked on compiling and producing my own tracks, using sound files, which has also taken a bit of time. Just as well im retired now. lol. Hopefully this will all be finished before I head back to Tunisia, in 3 or for weeks, to visit a couple of Atlantis sites. Another one of my research subjects for over a decade now, where I am meeting up with Jahanna James, with whome I have been sharing research on Atlantis. she is a researcher and media producer, who has shared my interest in the subject for the past 5 years. We will hopefully be visiting the Golf of Gabes, ("'the pillars of Herecles' ) and the chott el djerid, on the Tunisian salt plain desert, which is the original entrance to the Atlantis waterway, which was used as a star wars film set. and close to the Atlas mountains. this might also inspire some new artwork, you never know. As well as finishing of my write up on my Atlantis research and study, which has involved world wide travel. Heres a quick taster, for my lost lands painting. just a few more details to go.