Lyra Morgan

Joined Artfinder: June 2013

Artworks for sale: 62

(7)

United Kingdom

Updates from Lyra Morgan's studio

  • Its all about the layers!

    Each painting has many layers of textures and paint and this is about the half way point. For each session (and layer) I am totally immersed in the process - this is focused and yet relaxed. Acrylic paint dries much quicker than oils so it is important to be in this 'zone' to work with it i.e. when the paint is neither dry nor too wet! I don't use traditional brushes as I prefer to work with the paint with other tools including sponges. I've always worked on the floor, somehow it gives me a stronger sense of connection with what is unfolding! It is important to me to literally go with the flow. I have a feeling of what I want to create but am very open as to how the paint 'wants' to be!

    01 March 2021
    Spring Colours!

    Spring Colours!

    This is what today's colour palette looks like. All mixed up and ready to go onto the blank canvas - something which never fails to excite me as it is like travelling and discovering some place new!

    01 March 2021

    Gravitate

    A close up exploration of this painting.

    15 November 2020

    Ebb and Flow

    Here is a journey across the landscape that is Ebb and Flow!

    15 November 2020
    Working from Home with a happy cat

    Working from Home with a happy cat

    This image includes the amazing Sky. She was very, very poorly late last year and we set up a full on ‘hospital’ at home which included a basket by the window. I am pleased to say that after much care, love and help by the experts - she is now fully recovered and no longer in her version of ‘lockdown’. She loves her bed by the window so much so that there was no way I was going to move it to accommodate my equipment/paints for our ‘lockdown’! Sky purrs while I paint. I paint while she purrs!

    19 May 2020
    Happy New Colours!

    Happy New Colours!

    I've started the New Year (and decade) off with some vibrant colours. One of my goals for my practice this year is to try out new colour combinations. The world needs more colour.....

    01 January 2020
    This weeks colour palette

    This weeks colour palette

    All set to start work on some new paintings so just opened the cupboard (I had a big tidy up for this weeks open studios event) to see what colours are there - that will tell me what to paint!

    25 November 2019
    Open Studios clothes coordination!

    Open Studios clothes coordination!

    One of the visitors to this weekend's Open Studios event commented on how well my clothes match my paintings, does that make me a sitting painting!!? Or, my paintings a hanging wardrobe!?!

    25 November 2019
    Commission - nearly finished

    Commission - nearly finished

    I was asked to create a piece using colours that are outside my normal colour palette. Although challenging at first, I am now really enjoying using these warm colours, watch this space for how new works might incorporate these autumnal colours....

    25 November 2019
    Layer 1 of many

    Layer 1 of many

    This is the first layer of a new commission. Many more layers and colours to go so watch this space!

    26 September 2019
    New colour spotted on dungarees!

    New colour spotted on dungarees!

    Yes, it is true....I have been working with orange and saffron and yellow! If you look really closely you can see a smidge on my dungarees. I am working on a commission and the client has requested these colours - it feels good to explore new colours.

    26 September 2019
    Open Studios Event

    Open Studios Event

    My studios doors will be open at the end of November for our annual Open Studios event. We are expecting a few thousand visitors so it is always fun meeting everyone and sharing feelings and thoughts about art, colour and creativity.

    17 September 2019