Welcome to Allen's Studio

      Relationships: meeting, falling in love, arguements, partings. The 'honeymoon time' - months? a

year? two, five years? a lifetime? The bliss of falling in love, the steady happiness of a partner, the

emotional tension of dis-agreements, the misery of parting. The agony and the ecstasy . . . . . . . .

'Envoi'- 'Setting Out'  -the beginning of the adventure.    This was really the start of the 'Chess' series. Note the two small figures holding hands in the centre of the painting, not easy to see in this photo, but they represent a young couple setting out on the adventure of life.     Happiness, riches, fame on the horizon as the objective; threatening waves all around. Oil on canvas.    66cm high,         102cm wide.   framed                           (26'')                    (40'')   £420.

'Spring'  

Young leaves, young hopes. Excitement and anticipation.

Oil on Canvas.         61cm high,                 76cmwide.

                          (approx 24 inches)      (approx 30 inches)

£320.  framed

'Push me - Pull you.'

  In the middle of a relationship!

Oil on canvas.  58cm high,    76cm wide.   framed.

                            (23'')                (30'')

    £320.

  'Parting'       The end of a relationship.

  There should rarely be any blame on these occasions.

What is it we each want out of life; from a partner; deep

down; underneath? And people and their needs change

over time.

Oil on canvas.   58cm high,    76cm wide.  framed.

                             (23'')               (30'')

      £320.

  'Pam' wanted to be a Nun when this was painted.

  She is the little figure at the bottom of the steps.

  However - she married a doctor and now has three

children!

  But how important are our individual amitions? Should

we dedicate ourselves to any one main driving aim, to

the detriment of other objectives, to the exclusion of

other relationships?

  I think relationships, family are most important but . . .

things and people change; Needs and ambitions change. . .

Oil on board.  64cm high     46cm wide.  framed.

                           (25'')               (19'')

   £260.

  'Pip' - a portrait.

   Full of energy and goodwill, ready at the drop of

a hat out to jump out of the wine-glass-like constraints

of every-day life to enjoy living to the full.

   Compassionate, friendly, unconventional.

   Beautiful. Elegant.

Oil on canvas.   76cm high,    58cm wide.  framed.

  £320.

  'Angharad' escaping from parental pressures.

  The constraining net of the expectations of others.

  How can one meet all the expectations, hopes, ambitions

that parents have for their children, well intentioned as

they may be.

  How, as a parent, can you not cast this net?

  And not only parental constraints . . . . . .husbands, wives,

children, society, work . . . .

  Not all of us can burst out of the net and feel free.

  Not totally anyway - but sometimes perhaps . . . .

Oil on board.     64cm high,      46cm wide.  framed.

                              (25'')                (19'')

  £140.