OK first of all an explanation why there have been no new paintings recently. I had a cataract operation on my left eye about twelve days ago and although hopefully successful has left my eyesight temporarily compromised as my eyes are now out of balance in terms of one is short sighted and the other (new) one seems to be more long sighted. This means that things don't look right with glasses on or off at the moment and won't be right again until I can get some new glasses made up but I have been told to give it six weeks or so to let the eye settle down first. In the meantime I seem to be able to work better with glasses off and indeed have now started a new painting. Incidentally the perception of colour is now different in each eye (unless this settles down too) with the older right eye slightly warm and yellowish and the new eye brighter and more blue so colour mixing is going to be interesting!
The commission is from a collector in Singapore that wants me to paint a reinterpretation of a painting I did in the 1980s for a Paper Tiger book called "Realms of Fantasy". He would have bought the original artwork as well but unfortunately I sold it many years ago. He is aware that I don't paint the way I did in those days and is happy for me to paint it with oils in the way that I now work. The illustration was/is a view of the city of Imrryr in the lands of Melniboné from Michael Moorcock's Elric books.
I will not be posting any step-by-step progress photos as I go along as it is unfair on the client who should see it first before anybody else.
It will be oil on linen 30" x 20".
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