Gold Hair, another work from 2011

This is "Gold Hair" a mixed media work from 2011. About 35cm x 1m on the stretcher.
Acrylic paint, fabric, fiber, yarn. The blouse is fabric stiffened with Paverpol and painted with gesso, acrylic paint with gold metallic paint highlighting.

The first day of 2012 has been delightfully warm and sunny all day. Rodney and I were invited out for a complimentary New Year breakfast this morning at the local "Telegraph Cafe", where we also had our wedding reception 6 weeks ago. In a lovely ambient atmosphere of relaxation and laughter we shared scrambled eggs and bacon and fruit salad and fresh coffee with about 40 other guests. Rodney has put some photos on his blog which can be seen at  www.swansborough.info

I have spent the rest of the afternoon down in my studio working on Abigail which is coming along pleasingly...