Artists
These posts feature the lives and work of favourite artists.
Constable, Curlews and the first Cuckoo
The Study of the Trunk of an Elm Tree, 1821, Oil on paper, 30.6cm x 24.8cm Museum no. 786-1888. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
August is a wicked month*
My painting of Papaver Orientalis “Cedric Morris”. The poppy can be bought from Beth Chatto Nurseries
At Apple Blossom Time
While I was away in the Black Mountains, spring happened in my garden. When I left, there seemed to be barely a bud, and yet on my return, the garden was an exuberant mass of frothy pink blossom and bluebells pooled underneath the canopy. I felt a little cheated. It was wonderful to see, but dislocating. I had somehow missed the build-up and anticipatio…
In the footsteps of Piper
Sketching trips over the last few days have been brief, but I have continued to “stomp purposely”, as my friend described me walking across the paths of the Ling, trying to familiarise myself with every inch. I am not a person with a natural inner compass, or an ability to remember where I am, so what most people would grasp very quickly after a few wal…