My old friend from the art college came visiting me a few years back and I took her on a sightseeing tour of Hastings. Nearby town of Hastings, as well as Rye itself, has some lovely antique shops. One of the famous ones is called Robert's Rummage - true Aladdin's cave. That's where this fine bone china cup came from, along with some other nick-nacks, all of colour white. With those I painted a series of large still life pieces. The idea was to play around with the nuances of the white. Some of them sold, and some got stored away for the lack of wall space. I moved onto some other painting ideas. Recently I unearthed one of those large white still lifes to replace a sold painting. Looking at it with fresh eyes I got the urge to carry on with the White project, but on a smaller scale. This is the first stab at it with more to follow... My old friend from the art college came visiting me a few years back and I took her on a sightseeing tour of Hastings. Nearby town of Hastings, as well as Rye itself, has some lovely antique shops. One of the famous ones is called Robert's Rummage - true Aladdin's cave. That's where this fine bone china cup came from, along with some other nick-nacks, all of colour white. With those I painted a series of large still life pieces. The idea was to play around with the nuances of the white. Some of them sold, and some got stored away for the lack of wall space. I moved onto some other painting ideas. Recently I unearthed one of those large white still lifes to replace a sold painting. Looking at it with fresh eyes I got the urge to carry on with the White project, but on a smaller scale. This is the first stab at it with more to follow...