My Painting's Portfolio Whenever I listed my paintings on Trade Me I would always waffle on about it and tell my story behind the painting. Today when I was having a tidy up I came across part of an old portfolio of mine that I thought I would share with you all. I've updated it a little bit to keep it current but it's practically the same as what I wrote on trade me... Peter and Paul Painting and music always go hand in hand with me. Often I will get a song stuck in my head and I will have to listen to it and then learn to play it on my guitar. Some songs may take me hours to learn and others will take only minutes. It's the same with my paintings. As I hear each chord I start to see the painting. "Goodbye Blue Sky" by Pink Floyd was my inspiration for this painting. As you listen to this song you can almost see when the sky clouds over into this dark unknown. Softened by the Toi Toi, this really is a beautiful diptych painting. The video to this song sta...
My Paintings I have always been interested in art. I can't draw to save myself but I can paint (still haven't figured out how that works but it does!) I was going through a hard time and needed some extra money. With having 3 young kids to look after my options were limited. A friend of mine suggested I take up painting and try selling them on Trade Me . I could paint out my frustrations and make some money on the side. And that is exactly what I did! I tried an abstract painting first. By doing that it didn't have to necessary look like anything in particular. And to my surprise... it sold! I was shocked. But excited and before long I was pumping out as many paintings as I could fit on my tables, benches and any other surface I could find. My house became a gallery with walls full of paintings and in my first year I sold over 400 paintings. Some for cheap as chips and others that blew me away with the price they sold for. All paintings were sold at $1 reserve...