Alex Loveless — Painter, Scotland https://alexloveless.co.uk/ Hand-made artwork, essays and studio notes by Alex Loveless, a painter in Auchterarder, Scotland. No AI-generated images, ever. en-gb Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:06:00 GMT loophole https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/loophole/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/loophole/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:05:22 GMT loophole

The alien came to and glanced upwards is terror thinking that they perceived them self reflected back and they were not the colour blue but the colour magenta.]]> loophole

The alien came to and glanced upwards is terror thinking that they perceived them self reflected back and they were not the colour blue but the colour magenta.

The alien came to and glanced upwards is terror thinking that they perceived them self reflected back and they were not the colour blue but the colour magenta which does not exist anywhere other than within the mind of they who conducted it. The horror would not abate even after the alien recognised their error. They were only colour and their mistake had changed their existence forever. They would never be accepted again.]]> Textures, relief https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/textures-relief/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/textures-relief/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:05:43 GMT Textures, relief

It's all there should you wish to view it. A rip in the facade. A rift.]]> Textures, relief

It's all there should you wish to view it. A rip in the facade. A rift.

It's all there should you wish to view it. A rip in the facade. A rift. It can be accesed through touch or vision or any way really. Don't be shy, take a peek.]]> garden variety https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/garden-variety/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/garden-variety/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:45:22 GMT garden variety

I like to work barefoot from time to time with the grass between my toes.]]> garden variety

I like to work barefoot from time to time with the grass between my toes.

I like to work barefoot from time to time with the grass between my toes. The light is good and the temperature warm. It's only a small thing, since I am meters from my workshop, but small things matter.]]> staring you in the face https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/staring-you-in-the-face/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/staring-you-in-the-face/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:48:52 GMT staring you in the face

We're all in there somewhere. Every bit of us a part of everyone else - now and ever. Strike one, strike all.]]> staring you in the face

We're all in there somewhere. Every bit of us a part of everyone else - now and ever. Strike one, strike all.

We're all in there somewhere. Every bit of us a part of everyone else - now and ever. Strike one, strike all.]]> meltdown https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/meltdown-2/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/meltdown-2/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:44:50 GMT meltdown

I opened a book and all hell broke loose.]]> meltdown

I opened a book and all hell broke loose.

I opened a book and all hell broke loose.]]> which https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/which/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/which/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:43:14 GMT which

The heat comes from below via judgement and confection. It doesn't matter what I say, the decision is already made.]]> which

The heat comes from below via judgement and confection. It doesn't matter what I say, the decision is already made.

The heat comes from below via judgement and confection. It doesn't matter what I say, the decision is already made. It took no great courage from them, just the scratching of an itch. From me they took everything.]]> plein air and pallete https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/plein-air-and-pallete/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/plein-air-and-pallete/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:40:29 GMT plein air and pallete

It sees you know? What's under there sees us with the same distinct indistinctness that we see it just inverted.]]> plein air and pallete

It sees you know? What's under there sees us with the same distinct indistinctness that we see it just inverted.

It sees you know? What's under there sees us with the same distinct indistinctness that we see it just inverted. Stay outseid when you can as the symbols release their meaning with great vitality.]]> today. watever https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/today-watever/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/today-watever/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:36:51 GMT today. watever

Sandpaper on the inside of my skin on my face and someone just told be some hopeful nonsense, buit I listened anyway because that' what you're supposed to do]]> today. watever

Sandpaper on the inside of my skin on my face and someone just told be some hopeful nonsense, buit I listened anyway because that' what you're supposed to do

Sandpaper on the inside of my skin on my face and someone just told be some hopeful nonsense, buit I listened anyway because that' what you're supposed to do but the inside of all my skin is itchy yet I must stand still.]]> abstract https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/abstract/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/abstract/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:33:50 GMT abstract

Wasps and bees and plants and trees and straw and straw and dust and more and more of all the things that you want forever and ever and ever]]> abstract

Wasps and bees and plants and trees and straw and straw and dust and more and more of all the things that you want forever and ever and ever

Wasps and bees and plants and trees and straw and straw and dust and more and more of all the things that you want forever and ever and ever]]> You! https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/you/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/you/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:31:04 GMT You!

How dare YOU! How dare me? I dare because I can. I have the right to dare.]]> You!

How dare YOU! How dare me? I dare because I can. I have the right to dare.

How dare YOU! How dare me? I dare because I can. I have the right to dare. You have the right to dare too, but you are too weak, so your have to swallow up all my dares. Forever. My big brave dares.]]> cosmoid https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/cosmoid/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/cosmoid/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:28:27 GMT cosmoid

There is no void that you and i will every experience. It's full. All full up with...things.]]> cosmoid

There is no void that you and i will every experience. It's full. All full up with...things.

There is no void that you and i will every experience. It's full. All full up with...things. But the things are just symbols. Just pointers. What lies beneath? We are made of it, so how cld we possibly know?]]> Seven https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/seven/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/seven/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:25:26 GMT Seven

What did I ever do to you? Where is the sense in any of it?]]> Seven

What did I ever do to you? Where is the sense in any of it?

What did I ever do to you? Where is the sense in any of it? There is no sense in trying to fix it now, we may aswell accept what is coming to us, well you that is!]]> bluish https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/bluish/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/bluish/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:22:55 GMT bluish

I can barely bare to look but what comes from within makes what goes without so I don't need to look do I ?]]> bluish

I can barely bare to look but what comes from within makes what goes without so I don't need to look do I ?

I can barely bare to look but what comes from within makes what goes without so I don't need to look do I ?]]> meltdown https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/meltdown/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/meltdown/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:19:55 GMT meltdown

It comes from all direction at once and floods every sense in a stifling electricity crashing waves and spluttering suffocation.]]> meltdown

It comes from all direction at once and floods every sense in a stifling electricity crashing waves and spluttering suffocation.

It comes from all direction at once and floods every sense in a stifling electricity crashing waves and spluttering suffocation. Did you see it? No because I wasn't there]]> What day is it? https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/what-day-is-it/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/what-day-is-it/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:15:52 GMT What day is it?

Ha ve you noticed that one day follows the next? It never goes the other way around. That is entropy.]]> What day is it?

Ha ve you noticed that one day follows the next? It never goes the other way around. That is entropy.

Ha ve you noticed that one day follows the next? It never goes the other way around. That is entropy. My entropy is rising. I am less distinct. I am a ghost. I am only spirit. My spirit is grey.]]> Where did all the money go? https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/where-did-all-the-money-go/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/where-did-all-the-money-go/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:00:02 GMT Where did all the money go?

We said "trickle" didn't we? And we didn't say to whom and when. What's the fucking problem?]]> Where did all the money go?

We said "trickle" didn't we? And we didn't say to whom and when. What's the fucking problem?

We said "trickle" didn't we? And we didn't say to whom and when. What's the fucking problem?]]> The Will of the People https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/the-will-of-the-people/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/the-will-of-the-people/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:53:38 GMT The Will of the People

The people will do what they will, and what they will do will often be the will of people who will unoikely have their best interests at heart.]]> The Will of the People

The people will do what they will, and what they will do will often be the will of people who will unoikely have their best interests at heart.

The people will do what they will, and what they will do will often be the will of people who will unoikely have their best interests at heart.]]> Where do we go from here? https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/where-do-we-go-from-here/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/where-do-we-go-from-here/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:49:44 GMT Where do we go from here?

Darwin, change, and the organic slush of evolution. Humanity stuck — but what next?]]> Where do we go from here?

Darwin, change, and the organic slush of evolution. Humanity stuck — but what next?

Charles Darwin taught us that things are always changing. Nature throws its organic slush against the wall of reality to see what sticks. Humanity stuck, but what next?]]> Plan? Nein! https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/plan-nein/ https://alexloveless.co.uk/posts/plan-nein/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:41:40 GMT Plan? Nein!

Ed Wood, the director of the "worst movie ever made", painted as Brexit comment.]]> Plan? Nein!

Ed Wood, the director of the "worst movie ever made", painted as Brexit comment.

Brexit was a horror but also a farce. This image depicts b-movie director Ed Wood, who directed the putative "worst movie ever made", *Plan 9 from Outer Space*.]]>