#naturalforms – fluid sculpture 02
Mixing the basic colours in various combinations to give me an idea of what combinations are available, here I am adding black in various degrees to the base colour.
The mixing starts
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Wheat Harvest
#weatheredlandscape – elemental sculpture 01
The wheat harvest has been poor this year and I suspect that the farmer has abandoned this field and will plough the crop back into the soil in the spring. The weather has altered this landscape but in a subtle and unexpected way.
Burne-Jones in stitch at Tate Britain
A crumbling mountain
#solesurvivors – exploring isolation 01
The form, textures and colour of this magnificent old oak are breath-taking, you will find it in the gardens at Chatsworth, Derbyshire.
Hand crafted
#allthatglitters – dreams of fortunes 01
This is Little Hugh’s grave in Lincoln Cathedral, which relates to a very unsavoury tale of anti-Semitism. The stone has been smoothed by the thousands of hands that have caressed it over the past 600 years, and discoloured by the grease of those hands, lending it its unusual colour and texture.
Paint trials
#naturalforms – fluid sculpture 01
It has taken a few weeks of experimentation to find a paint type that meets my requirements for these new abstracts. In the end I have chosen a water-based emulsion paint form Little Green.
Vertical strata
#CLOSE-UP – ALL ABOUT SCALE 02
The elements have sculpted what remains of this tree stump into vertical strata that resemble a geological cross section.
A votive offering?
#relicsandreliquaries – certainty of power 01
What a fascinating find made while walking along Grand Union Canal towpath, I have no idea what this votive is used for, but it is regularly tended and maintained. There is a clear intention and order to the display that extends in all directions from what can be seen in the photograph.
