Image: COB AND THATCH. Mixed Media on Canvas. 2019. STAYING HOME. How often have you said ‘ It’s a small world’? Being in isolation may well have changed your mind. Most of us know family and friends who seem to be a lot further away than they were before, be they in the nearest town…
Image: LITTLE FRENCH INTERIOR. Acrylic on Handmade Paper. 2019. ZOOM has come into a lot of our lives lately as a way new way of connecting with a number of friends and family. Despite it providing a new challenge for the digitally challenged, it has been a lifeline for many experiencing the isolation of lockdown.…
Image. Detail of painting: Ancient Archways. 2019/20. THE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAIL. As we prepare for an announcement on how to begin to exit the lockdown it is widely felt that locking down will probably have been easier than what is to come. With 30 thousand deaths reported yesterday, the highest total in Europe so…
Image: Photo, Art shop Melbourne, Australia. 2017. A SENSE OF PROPORTION. Imposed isolation gives us time to ponder on what is important in life. The preservation of art and culture may be something to consider. Quotes come from: (Rian Hughes from the book: CULT-URE ). ‘From a practical standpoint, art if functionally useless, -no-one ever…
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