tag:michaelcunliffethompson.blog.co.uk,2009-11-09:/MokoFeed2009-11-09T19:18:11+01:00tag:michaelcunliffethompson.blog.co.uk,2007-07-09:/2007/07/09/more_about_my_painting~2605486/michaelcunliffethompson2007-07-09T23:09:07+02:002007-07-09T23:09:07+02:00 <p>I'm trying to understand how this BLOG system works!</p> <p>My painting is not “realistic” in the sense that you can recognize where I put my easel. I'm not painting picture postcards. I seek to express something of the spirit of a place.</p> <p>Making a painting is like bringing a child into the world. A painting has its own personality and its development is determined both by my vision and by the painting itself. I seek to accept rather than control this offspring and help the developing painting find its own way and realize its own potential. I feel that the demands of consistency (from galleries and critics) should not compel a new painting to fall into line. Each painting is an individual. One may emphasize color, another rhythm and a third may be monumental. </p> <p>Mike </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://michaelcunliffethompson.blog.co.uk/2007/07/09/more_about_my_painting~2605486/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:michaelcunliffethompson.blog.co.uk,2007-07-08:/2007/07/08/eye_of_a_sailor~2596255/michaelcunliffethompson2007-07-08T16:02:06+02:002007-07-08T16:21:39+02:00 <p><img src="http://cunliffethompson.com/resources/logo.gif" alt="My Profile!" title="Michael Cunliffe Thompson"></p> <p>I am a sailor and an artist. My work is inspired by nature and is expressionist in style.<br> In the summer I spend as much time as possible painting from a sailboat anchored in distant bays of Maine. I try to communicate what it is about the place and time that excites me. </p> <p><img src="http://cunliffethompson.com/boats/images/crossing_buzzards_bay_640x360.jpg" alt="Oil Painting" title="Crossing Buzzards Bay"></p> <p><a href="http://cunliffethompson.com">cunliffethompson.com</a></p> <p> <small> <a href="http://michaelcunliffethompson.blog.co.uk/2007/07/08/eye_of_a_sailor~2596255/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>