I have really been struggling with the recent paintings of my friends. I have been working from preliminary sketches and not photographs to see what change it would make. However I am disappointed with the results. I have no drive to complete them anymore, there is nothing new about them, nor anything interesting about them,  in colour, lighting or what they are depicting.

I need to take a step away from them, to contemplate the fore mentioned aspects and the possibility of a narrative.

I have also come to the decision that I am more suited to painting from photographs with the addition of life if necessary. I will not be working solely from sketches for this project again.

After contemplating this I may come back to them, but my current plan is to move onto something more constructive.