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Autumn Is Come
“Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.” – Elizabeth Lawrence
Posted in Art, Artist Sketchbooks, Drawing, Painting, Quotes
Tagged Autumn Colours, Coloured Drawing, Drawing, Sumac
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Tubes and Triangles
“A house that has been experienced is not an inert box. Inhabited space transcends geometrical space.” ― Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space I haven’t had much time for art this week. I was determined yesterday to grab some, were … Continue reading
Handmade Paint or Dye-Paste Brushes
I’ve been dying (and dyeing) to hand-make some brushes for a long time. The drawing – below – is part of an ongoing exploration of the pond in my garden. This was initially for textile work, but since my return … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artist Sketchbooks, Drawing
Tagged Acrylic Pen, Drawing, Energy Art, Graphite Pencil, Handmade Brushes, Mark-Making
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Little Maps of Trees is at The Other Art Fair London
The Tiny Sketchbook Project, which includes my tiny book of tiny eco prints Little Maps of Trees, has just been on show at the SLOW Galerie in Paris. It’s now walked poetically to London, where it’s on show at The … Continue reading
Tiny Sketchbook Project: Sent
I finished my tiny sketchbook the morning of the 14th February – St Valentine’s Day, though instead of a bunch of red roses I was gifted with a paint and varnish scraper. I drove into town to post my book … Continue reading
Tiny Sketchbook Project: A Two-Page Spread
Almost finished. A two-page spread from my Tiny Sketchbook for the Tiny Sketchbook Project touring exhibition. I’m sending this from The Forest of Souls, where I’m holed-up writing my next very long blog.
The Tiny Sketchbook Project – Some of the Eco Prints
A couple of shots of the tiny eco prints I’ve been making for The Tiny Sketchbook Project that’s touring Brooklyn/London/Paris later in the year. These are botanical prints from leaves gathered in my garden last autumn. The group picture is … Continue reading
Visual Journal 5: Going Feral, the Longship and the Feather
Going Feral explains my long silences between blog posts – I’ve gone it (feral), which means reconnecting more profoundly with nature. Feather is the feather in the image. It’s a feather from a young gull, I think. Enlighten me if I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art Journal, Artist Sketchbooks, Creativity, Inspiration, spirituality
Tagged Bamboo, feather, Feather Symbology, Going Feral, Gull Feather, Longship, Spiritual Evolution, Viking
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Visual Journal 3: Superhero
Oh, yes, this daily (for daily, read, striving for daily) visual journalling thing is proving to be a good idea. (I can hear a trillion-scrillion-to-the-power-of-infinity-and-more artists around the known and unknown universes, groaning, shaking their heads in disbelief and asking in unison: … Continue reading
Poetic Mapping: Walking Into Art 