“ETTERNA” Nemesh book, 20 X 20 cm, 20 pages

Usually when I start a new collection of paintings an idea comes from the name of the very first painting I complete. I was doing an art class in the Kumeu Art Centre when I started this painting. Often the first thing which comes to my mind is the name of the painting. A while ago I was given Album Etterna by Emma Shaplin. I thought that would be a good name for the painting and later I decided to use it as the name for this new collection. Recently I have been doing more drawings, they are included in the book. Since early childhood I have been spending lots of time drawing, I started using colours much later in my twenties. I was always interested in comics, especially scifi and this is where it developed from. A couple of years ago I brought two of Fabriano sketching books inspired by Marcus McAlister who moved to France from the USA. He has been doing sketch books making over 100 books, and that inspired me to start doing drawings again. In April this year (2021) I org...