I am coming away from folk stories this week to talk about an artist that I have only just stumbled across, and have really taken to his work. This particular painting might resonate with me somewhat more than the others simply because of a recurring nightmare that I had when I was younger. The dream... Continue Reading →
TeamLabs – Tokyo
I recently took a trip of a lifetime. I can't explain how much I have wanted to go to Japan from a very early age, and finally I managed to get there. Needless to say I want to return immediately and the next trip is already in the planning. As you can imagine, I researched... Continue Reading →
Reflections of Nature at Kew Gardens – Dale Chihuly
Glass is an incredible medium isn’t it? It is beautifully delicate, but also able to withstand incredible heat and pressure and initially comes from sand. Bet you don’t think of that as you are filling your tumbler with gin… or water (whatever is more acceptable at whatever time of day you are reading this). This... Continue Reading →
Fortuna – Lauren Marx
I have been ever so slightly drawn to images of the cycle of life recently, which I am sure that you have noticed through the artwork that has been displayed on here. On seeing this picture, I realised that other than roadkill which I whizz past in my car, I rarely see dead animals anymore,... Continue Reading →
Water Dancer – Mute Swan – Rebecca Latham
I would seriously love to make writing my full time job, it has become a bit of a passion of mine, but sadly I am not at the stage where it will pay the bills. Especially as some days are just so full of ugliness in my "actual" job that it can be a real... Continue Reading →
Marco Mazzoni
Life is short and fragile, yet it continues on in a cycle of birth and death. Nature really is a wonderful thing. The seasons taking taking the nature around us through this cycle yearly. We start in the spring, with new life rising from the earth and follow it through summer to an abundance of... Continue Reading →
Natural History Museum (Rotterdam)
Next door to the Kunsthall, is a smaller building which looks a little like a school. It has paper cut outs of bones in the widow, and from the road side, could easily be mistake for a child play centre. I only knew it wasn't, because I had read that there was a small natural... Continue Reading →
Rise Again – Amy Judd
If you have read any of my blogs, it is no surprise to you that I desperately wanted to be a mythical creature when I was growing up. I really wanted to be that enigmatic and talked about entity which had magic powers and a dark and mysterious personality. Sadly I grew up to be... Continue Reading →
The Butterfly Ball – Genevieve Leavold
Beauty comes in many different forms. From rolling landscapes to physical beauty, written word to natural phenomenons. Leavold captures the beauty of movement in her oil on canvas piece of "The Butterfly ball". Central right you can see the vague image of a butterfly, the wings open to show the intricacies of its wings. This... Continue Reading →