I haven't put much new on recently; partly because I am lazy, partly because I seem to have run out of wit, completely witless I am. and partly because of the paucity of comments, flipping heck !am I talking to myself here?

anyfway here am a new painting one of a series of Newcastle bridge paintings, this one from a another angle from the High Level Bridge newly opened to pedestrians and people peddling like myself. I have actually titivated it a bit since this photo, I didn't like the top bits the Sage and Millennium Bridge were interfering with the composition and with the main bridge, too many curves, I also simplified the water too busy.

below: Shelob has her lunch- it is autumn the time big spiders appear in our garden, apparently people have been finding large and reportedly deadly spiders in bunches of bananas, Brazilian Wandering spiders, to be specific, deadly apparently although when I read a bit on them only a very small proportion of bitten folk need anti venom (perhaps the majority are too dead to need it!, not really it seems these deadly things aren't usually all that deadly but I would still not want to get bitten myself)
here is another version of st Mary's island a little less tidy it is easy to make the scene too picturesque, although of course it is picturesque but reality needs a bit more messing with I think.