Tag: Drawing
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Quiet Tiger
Original Innovative Contemplative Imaginative Inventive Unconventional Novel Creative Refreshing Capricious Quirky Brooding Meditative. An evening of scribbling and adjectives at the Castle, Wellingborough, with the Kit Downes Quintet. http://www.kitdownes.com/index.htm
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The Boys are Back in Town
‘Is it worth going all the way to London to visit just one exhibition?’ My stamina levels since my prolonged stay in hospital had been at an all time low. Whether I could walk the required distances and last a full day out was also a big question to ask myself. Nevertheless it was a…
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Young, Gifted and Black Willow Charcoal
Thursday 11th November 2010, a day spent with Lucy, Debbie, Rafit and the Dahl Reception Class at Fulbridge School. Despite a grey and wet start the weather didn’t dampen spirits, everyone arrived with their sleeves rolled up, raring to go and got stuck in. The level of energy and enthusiasm never dipped or waivered but…
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Songs from the Wood
‘Let me bring you songs from the wood/To make you feel much better than you could knowDust you down from tip to toe/Show you how the garden growsHold you steady as you go…………………Let me bring you love from the field/poppies red and roses filled with summer rainTo heal the wound and still the pain/that threatens…
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Whatever Sincerely
The end of a busy freelance artworking week at Southern United in deepest, darkest, dirtiest Portslade. Spending over 40 hours sitting in the Drawing Office hot seat staring at a computer screen wasn’t the most relaxing 5 days but the company is always welcoming and entertaining. The Friday night reward this time around however was…
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Knowing Me, Knowing You
Visiting Vienna, a change of routine and a change of temperature. Saturday morning, and a meeting with Frida Kahlo. My first encounter was in 1977 and it was accidental. At that time I was actively involved with mural painting and researching the work of the Mexican Mural Renaissance, my immediate interest being the work of…