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Genius
I was recently gifted David Whyte's beautiful book 'Consolations' by a friend in which, for the word genius, he writes: ...
Latest Backdrops
Fragments of early 20th century backdrops, lifted from photographs then digitally extended with titles taken from Rilke's 'Duino Elegies'. The ...
Extended Backdrops
Further to my last blog, I have created some more extended backdrops using old, WWI postcards ...
Backdrops
I’ve been working on the theme of backdrops lately, using those in early 20th century portrait photographs such as that ...
Komorebi
I discovered a lovely Japanese word today which describes the very things I've been painting and filming in the woods ...
Acorns
In my work I have always been interested in the past and how we can empathise with those who lived ...
Scroll Work
I've been looking at ways of developing work with scrolls and in particular, how to utilise the background of the ...
Goethean Observation: Japanese Scroll
Introduction There are many different interpretations of the Geothean (a method of observing as described by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ...
Mistakes
I like it when I make mistakes, or, as in the case of this painting, it wasn't going the way ...
The Leaf Is Singing Still
A music work in progress the title of which comes from Mary Oliver: "What can I say that I have ...
Past Present
After completing a recent painting (see below), I wondered whether to add colour as per the initial idea, but I ...
Scrolls
I'm going to be producing some scrolls using the shadow calligraphy I've created in the woods and having had a ...
As Yet Untitled
I've started a new painting on an 80cm square canvas which takes the concept of shadows cast by trees in ...
Holes
Whilst painting in the woods at the weekend, I also used my shadows notebook, painting some of the shadows which ...
Scroll
The paintings I made at Shotover, using ink, rice paper and calligraphy brushes, are like written characters from an unknown ...
A Calligraphy of Shadows
Taking advantage of the beautiful, sunny weather today, I got up at the crack of dawn and drove over to ...
More Paintings
Emergence I Emergence II Emergence III Emergence IV ...
Latest Paintings
Through the Shadows I Through the Shadows II Through the Shadows III Through the Shadows IV ...
Walking Meditation 2
Following on from my first walking meditation, I did another, again around Blenheim Park, the list from which is below ...
Knowing We Are There
I was reading 'Landmarks' by Robert McFarlane last night and was struck by a quote from American author and essayist ...
Venice by Moonlight 1840
Yesterday I made my way to London to see the 'Sargent and Fashion' exhibition at Tate Britain which really is ...
Fragments and Additions
I've always been interested in the idea of fragments of the past and how, mentally, we add to them in ...
Reimagining The Past
This post follows on from one I wrote previously on 'Rinsho'. Below are two painting I made in woods in ...
Walking Meditation 1
Blenheim Palace Park I discovered this walk with my children at the weekend and so I returned today to do ...
Mindful Walking I
One of the ways in which I have helped myself during recent low points has been the practice of mindful ...
Grief II
We have all lost someone in our lives, whether that's through death or the breakdown of a relationship. Both are ...
Three New Paintings
Completed this evening... Old Note, oil on board, 2023 Sun Breaks Through, oil on board, 2023 Sunburst, oil on board, ...
Nana’s Mountain
First painting I've finished in a long while. I called this one 'Nana's Mountain', after the hill behind her garden, ...
Painting
I've started painting again and have begun my journey using water-based oils which I must say are rather good. The ...
Iridescence
Since buying the piece of Roman glass I described in my previous post, I've been interested in its iridescent surface ...
Roman Bottle
I recently purchased a beautiful Roman Unguentarium (2nd or 3rd century AD) and have undertaken a Goethean observation of it ...
Rinsho
After my last post I watched a video by calligrapher Tomoko Kawao in which she mentions the practice of Rinsho, ...