Thursday 29 September 2011

Thursday 29th September 2011

I went with some other artists to Luton Hoo walled garden to draw today.  It was incredibly sunny with clear blue skies and I sat on my own near a green pond with a duck, some wasps and some small spiders.  I mostly drew a dilapidated outbuilding that was just visible round the wall of the kitchen garden and the pond.  Here are some of the drawings:























Saturday 17 September 2011

Saturday 17th September 2011


Decided to go in to London today to see the last day of the Michelangelo Pistoletto exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery.  'The Mirror of Judgement' is an installation that responds to the architecture in the gallery.  A 'maze' of cardboard rolls weaves around the space through hidden installations and sculptures with mirrors.

The most beautiful for me was a round mirror on the floor with a cardboard circle around it at chin height that reflected the round ceiling window above, and the moving clouds beyond.  It was great when people looked into the mirror and their heads became part of the installation.
http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2011/03/michelangelo_pistoletto.html




We also saw the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2011, a beautiful enclosed garden designed by architect Peter Zumthor, with the wonderful Piet Oudolf.  Very inspiring and a wonderfully cosy, yet lively and engaging, place to sit.  A rectangular slice of sun and weather from above, providing all that is needed for a long thin garden brimming with colour and life (and bees).
This will be there until 16th October.
http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2011/04/serpentine_gallery_pavillion_2011_zumthor.html_MG_7808SerpentineZumthormed-res.jpg

Sunday 4 September 2011

Sunday 4th September 2011

Been in France for a week with some of my family.  Had a great time with lovely people but very pleased to be back in England and looking forward to teaching and to working in my new studio.

The View from Domme

The Dordogne at Bergerac 
The Dordogne at Sainte-Foy-La-Grande


Sketchbook: view from pool at Les Eyzies

Sketchbook: river at Les Eyzies

Sketchbook: Rrver at Les Eyzies