I too love Location, Location, Location - although I didn't realise it had been going so long. The same but different - a solid base with a bespoke element - sounds like your consulting and my training. Gaps are so important - if we rush to fill everything there's little chance for learning, adaptation and honest mistakes. Coffee shaped gaps are particularly good for cogitating.
We do love that show as well Dr Deborah - Kirstie is always knocking walls down and saving relationships - actually I find that part hard in the show - how often it is that a couple are not communicating that is really the problem - I’m not sure that a house redesign really fixes some of those issues 🤗☕
You've inspired me to finish a piece I wrote about originality in 2026.
I relate to the idea of revisiting the same themes but finding new ways to express them. That feels more doable than constantly trying to reinvent everything.
Naturally I was thinking of you when writing this but couldn’t call you out more than once in the article - your writing has always had its own gravity well though I’m not entirely sure what category Substack would put you in now - is it business - it reads more like a cataract operation on the opaqueness of humanity and such exposes are not always easy viewing.
Helen is on a road trip for a couple of days helping a friend who runs a lingerie importing company - she will return with excellent shoes and maybe some new dresses and hopefully a large punnet of strawberries fresh from a farm
Wishing you and Ryan peace, great coffee and all the inspiration you could hope for 🤗☕☕☕
I know deep down the name of my pub doesn't reflect the topics I write about, but there is a story behind that pub name, and I refuse to budge on it. It's a sad story too :(
So I categorized it as a business and culture because Substack has such limited categories.
a road trip, eh?
Good for her. Maybe you will paint her in her new dress :)
This was very thought-provoking....I'm over here panicking about the possibility of being a stale bread creator! 😂I just finished reading "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell, and in it, he talked about how we need white space to make better decisions — see the whole picture. I think there is enormous value in leaving some details to the imagination. As always, your art looks amazing!
What a good comment Karen - in printing we used to talk about white space management to enhance readability and focus - we need white space for margins so we add our own notes as well
I don’t think you are stale bread - you have a consistent theme of kindness and as they say "There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them." 🤗☕
I can't believe Location, Location, Location is still going!
We should leave more unsaid. It's not all American TV but a lot of it feels too es explicit for me, they explain the jokes. This is writers not leaving any gaps for us to giggle.
Love how you explained this with the unfinished paintings, it's true that we don't need all the details to feel enough, often more than if we're "told" how to feel. Introspective, as always David!
I wonder if introverts are introspective and extroverts are extrospective?
Thanks for reading Nadine - am totally with you in preferring jokes not being explained - I like the ones that I get 5 minutes after they’ve been said 🤗☕
I think you have definitely mastered the art of painting faces David. Your work is always top shelf! Oh and I love that show with Kirstie & Phil, and Love It or List It!
Kirstie is so competitive that I’m always secretly cheering on Phil. 26 years together on TV is quite a career they clearly hit lightning with their gentle prodding ways. We’re watching it all over again on YT these days - what a binge
Hope you are fueled and in a good place this week Alexander - alternatively that you have found some good Clydesdale and are making a good show of getting the cart sorted 🤗☕
Ha ha I'm with you.. I always cheer on Phil! The reruns are always great to watch too - though I must admit to not really taking to the "revisits". Hopefully a new series will hit our screens soon! The tank is still full as I haven't used my car since filling...there's probably a 2 year wait for Clydesdales....ha ha Have a great week ahead mate!
Thank you for your kindness Dr Priyanka - am glad you can find the gaps and fill them
I am giving the coffee button a rest for a while though that doesn’t seem to stop some who know where it is - save the coffee for someone who writes something more moving than I - though I’m always happy for a comment on one of my videos on YT 🤗☕
Are you writing about painting, or painting about writing, or both about living? The gap invites our participation, I think.
You see very clearly Hans 🤗☕
Dude, so jealous....how you filled that gap with those faces kissing. Beautiful.
If only I could fill the gap in on top of my head - alas no one seems to have enough imagination to see hair there 🤗☕
I too love Location, Location, Location - although I didn't realise it had been going so long. The same but different - a solid base with a bespoke element - sounds like your consulting and my training. Gaps are so important - if we rush to fill everything there's little chance for learning, adaptation and honest mistakes. Coffee shaped gaps are particularly good for cogitating.
Bring on the coffee Tina! 🤗☕
You are truly gifted at capturing emotions in your artwork David!
Do you watch Love it or List it? Another good Kirsty and Phil programme! 💗🤗
We do love that show as well Dr Deborah - Kirstie is always knocking walls down and saving relationships - actually I find that part hard in the show - how often it is that a couple are not communicating that is really the problem - I’m not sure that a house redesign really fixes some of those issues 🤗☕
Oooo I've never thought about it in that way... I'm going to watch it in a new light now! You are absolutely right, though!!💡 🤗💗
You've inspired me to finish a piece I wrote about originality in 2026.
I relate to the idea of revisiting the same themes but finding new ways to express them. That feels more doable than constantly trying to reinvent everything.
Coffee = LOVE
Has it really been six years, David?
Time flies when we're having fun.
Happy New Week to you and Helen
Naturally I was thinking of you when writing this but couldn’t call you out more than once in the article - your writing has always had its own gravity well though I’m not entirely sure what category Substack would put you in now - is it business - it reads more like a cataract operation on the opaqueness of humanity and such exposes are not always easy viewing.
Helen is on a road trip for a couple of days helping a friend who runs a lingerie importing company - she will return with excellent shoes and maybe some new dresses and hopefully a large punnet of strawberries fresh from a farm
Wishing you and Ryan peace, great coffee and all the inspiration you could hope for 🤗☕☕☕
I know deep down the name of my pub doesn't reflect the topics I write about, but there is a story behind that pub name, and I refuse to budge on it. It's a sad story too :(
So I categorized it as a business and culture because Substack has such limited categories.
a road trip, eh?
Good for her. Maybe you will paint her in her new dress :)
Thank you very much, David.
I hope you enjoy the rest of your week.
This was very thought-provoking....I'm over here panicking about the possibility of being a stale bread creator! 😂I just finished reading "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell, and in it, he talked about how we need white space to make better decisions — see the whole picture. I think there is enormous value in leaving some details to the imagination. As always, your art looks amazing!
What a good comment Karen - in printing we used to talk about white space management to enhance readability and focus - we need white space for margins so we add our own notes as well
I don’t think you are stale bread - you have a consistent theme of kindness and as they say "There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them." 🤗☕
I can't believe Location, Location, Location is still going!
We should leave more unsaid. It's not all American TV but a lot of it feels too es explicit for me, they explain the jokes. This is writers not leaving any gaps for us to giggle.
Love how you explained this with the unfinished paintings, it's true that we don't need all the details to feel enough, often more than if we're "told" how to feel. Introspective, as always David!
I wonder if introverts are introspective and extroverts are extrospective?
Thanks for reading Nadine - am totally with you in preferring jokes not being explained - I like the ones that I get 5 minutes after they’ve been said 🤗☕
Better to get a surprise giggle 😉
I think you have definitely mastered the art of painting faces David. Your work is always top shelf! Oh and I love that show with Kirstie & Phil, and Love It or List It!
Kirstie is so competitive that I’m always secretly cheering on Phil. 26 years together on TV is quite a career they clearly hit lightning with their gentle prodding ways. We’re watching it all over again on YT these days - what a binge
Hope you are fueled and in a good place this week Alexander - alternatively that you have found some good Clydesdale and are making a good show of getting the cart sorted 🤗☕
Ha ha I'm with you.. I always cheer on Phil! The reruns are always great to watch too - though I must admit to not really taking to the "revisits". Hopefully a new series will hit our screens soon! The tank is still full as I haven't used my car since filling...there's probably a 2 year wait for Clydesdales....ha ha Have a great week ahead mate!
I am a novice when it comes to art but I absolutely LOVED all the paintings you’ve shared here.
I can see what you mean about imagination filling in the gaps in the 2nd one enroute to becoming the third. You’re doing fantastic work! Thank you 💐
Also is there a link for buying you coffee somewhere? I remember looking for it earlier but didn’t find one.
Thank you for your kindness Dr Priyanka - am glad you can find the gaps and fill them
I am giving the coffee button a rest for a while though that doesn’t seem to stop some who know where it is - save the coffee for someone who writes something more moving than I - though I’m always happy for a comment on one of my videos on YT 🤗☕