Hello everyone…
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| Wicken Fen Autumn ii 12 x 12 Oil/Linen |
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Barry and I are finally back at my Dad’s in Lincolnshire after a couple of weeks travelling around. I have managed to get back into painting and I have just finished the above oil, which I started earlier this year!
We spent some time in London, visiting friends, going to exhibitions and visiting one of my daughters, then onto Somerset to visit the other one and popping in to see a good friend in Gloucestershire. I thought I would share some photos (difficult to choose, so many good ones) and information from our trip. At Tate Britain I finally got to see a Vija Celmins exhibit, which was worth the wait! I have been studying her for my essay and was desperate to see some of her work in reality. As John Berger wrote in The Shape of the Pocket,
“You have to see them. Words can’t get round them. And reproduction sends them back to where they came from”
How right he is, they are truly exquisite. She also curated a little exhibit of Turner’s watercolours and prints.
We also went to see The Mechanical Hand Exhibit which was fascinating. 25 years of printing at The Paupers Press. Not as much pure etching as I had hoped for, but some really wonderful work, a lot of lithographs, but I think my favourite was Christopher Le Brun’s etchings and Grayson Perry’s Map of Nowhere, which is fantastic and very humourous, if you are fortunate enough to be able to see it close up.
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| Grayson Perry Map of Nowhere – Heliogravure |
Below are a few images from our travels…
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| Holly (my eldest) and I walking around the Cadbury Castle iron age hill fort. |
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| Me painting just down the road from my Father’s house. |
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| I love buttercups and they are everywhere at the moment! |
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| On the way up to Cadbury Castle hill |
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| Our walk with Annie |
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| On our way home with Annie |
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