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A ‘what’ Area? Blakeney Quay, Norfolk
Shingle washed together
#naturalforms – fluid sculpture
Natural forms, this project covers a wide area with the common theme of flowing lines. These can be found in the delicate contours of a body, the arch of a tree bough and in a stone sculpted on the seashore. Natural forms are created by growth, decay, erosion, and all the forces of wind rain and sun.
However, these shapes are formed by nature and not by the hand of man and so they have our admiration for their satisfying subtlety, beauty and fluidity.
Autumn flowering fungus
earthy inhabitants, deep rooted
#faithfortified – deep rooted belief
Four subjects caught my eye in this charming Italian mountain village, the red tower, the terraced houses, a church door and the castle – to have four suitable subjects in one place was too good an opportunity to miss.
Each painting focuses on a different aspect of this remote fortified village; the red tower speaks of its pride and achievement, the terraced houses of its earthy inhabitants, the church of its deep rooted faith and the castle of its strength when facing adversity.
Notes from the Slade 04
Nice smile
‘Model Server Rack Display’ by Simon Denny
Be ware?
the frontier of civilisations
#ancientcicilisations – traces of the past
Sicily is both the past and the future. Its history of continual immigration, invasion and assimilation provides a portal onto the future, while its past is so complicated that it is difficult to separate fact from fiction.
The largest of the Mediterranean islands, and strategically placed for both trade and military purposes, Sicily has been ruled over the centuries by, amongst others, the Vandals, the Romans, the Normans, the Byzantines, the Spanish, the Hapsburgs and the Bourbons. It was finally brought under the control of a unified Italy in 1860, although – typically – it was granted special status as an autonomous region in 1946.
