Member since Thursday 27th Oct, 2011
Gay Forster
I paint using watercolour, gouache, acrylic, sometimes working with mixed media and collage. I get my inspiration from something I have seen, a place visited, photograph or a written article that stirs up an idea or vision, then my imagination takes over and anything could happen. I have recently been painting en plein air using watercolour which is new to me and quite a challenge. I love the sea, especially rough seas and wild weather. My father ran a boatyard in Southern Ireland when I was young and he used to undertake boat salvage off the coast which was very exciting and although I was small I remember the thrill of trips out with him in rough seas battling frightening weather conditions. We lived in a a house which was built virtually on the beach called Thunder Rock . I had my own seawater pool and the local fishermen used to give me small fish,crabs etc which were not suitable for the table to stock my pool with, unfortunately they were not all compatible with each other which caused a few tears on sudden disappearances. I like my paintings to tell a story and often a little humour doesn't go amiss. They are all one offs, each piece is unique and stands alone, my work is varied and I hope interesting and a bit different .
