Exciting isnt it, a blank canvas!, decided yesterday I wanted to paint a picture of Jimi Hendrix from an image i've had knocking around for ages and thought why not blog it as well from beginning to end. when i'm asked how long a piece of artwork takes to create it can only properly be calculated in terms of the number of hours spent on it. The Elvis 56 painting that is currently on display in the Towngate Theatre was put together over a period of 2 years, but it didnt take 2 years to paint. it was just very much (because it was such a big painting 7ft x 5ft) a stop start project, in real terms it most probably took no more than 30 hours. this latest artwork in camparison is only expected to take me about 6 hours.