artist printmaker
#ancientstructures – spiritual presence 01
This vaulted ceilings in the Nave is a testament to the skill and ingenuity of the stone masons, unhindered by what we would consider to be crude tools today. They combine beauty and strength, quite deliberately, to produce these magnificent forms that have stood firm for over a thousand years.
If I had to choose just one work from the ‘Picasso and Paper’ show at the RA, it would be this one.
He was the first contemporary artist that I was aware of as a young teen in the early 60s when he was producing some of his best work.
And then there all these wonderful works of art –
#elevatedplains – distant horizons 01
A flat plain atop a hill in the Chilterns looks like an easily defendable position and a suitable site to build a fort or stronghold.
#timeandtide – metamorphosis 01
There are two sundials on the south side of Lincoln Cathedral (consecrated 1092), with the inscription reminding us that ‘time passes quickly’ – a view you can understand when something has been around for over a thousand years, but measured against geological time it is insignificant.
#faithfortified – deep rooted belief 02
The close-up shows the surface covered in graffiti, which suggests to me that visitors to this tomb hoped their mark would help to assist their safe passage in the next life.
#naturalforms – fluid sculpture 05
Cutting the wood to make the frames, this is done on a mitre saw and I keep the pieces grouped together in fours so that the grain and wood colours match when I assemble the frame.
#faithfortified – deep rooted belief 01
This figure in its final repose appears serene and confident in certainty of eternal peace in the hereafter.
#signatureoftime – growth and decay 01
The mix of shapes, colours and textures on the forest floor is a delight to the eye and a larder for those animals and foragers that depend on it for their food. To me it is a ‘signature of time’ and a fertile place from which new life will grow.
