Some years ago now we were invited to dinner at Christmas by a family not too far away. They were about twenty of them and six or seven of us so it was ‘fun’. Their kitchen was enormous with a huge table in the middle covered in paperwork and little room for anything else other […]
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Reid Dick in Regents Park
Michael Copeland sent me this picture of another work by Reid Dick RA which I was not aware of. Clearly a delightful childhood moment captured (even if no one believes you about the frog)! Note how he has caught the head; children hold their heads differently to the rest of us. Dated 1931.
Purple Basil and ‘where are the butterflies this year’?
I would expect to see many more butterflies at this time of year. That’s about all we have today! Beneath my younger daughter’s ‘man’ she did when she was 15, is a poor example of purple basil in need of water!
Outside but inside the V and A
Some how I managed to avoid the green screens. The chocolate cake is a must too.
George Washington on American soil in England
Charles I in Trafalgar Square, London The best known sculptures in Trafalgar Square are of course Nelson’s, the lions and the fourth plinth (!), but we also have a few others including some from North America. One from a rebellious colony Virginia, gave us a chap with an English name and some American soil for […]
A Prince in the garden
“No, I am not here”. First time I have managed to grow basil from seed. Wild Geranium outside. Muddled up with the lawn mower, this little cap was also worried about the lack of butterflies this year.
Practical Sculpture
Ian Cox reminded me how important it is to see these things in the round so I have tried with this one. E J Clack’s drinking fountain in Green Park, London, more here Constance Fund But like this one in Poundbury Dorset, drinking (if there is any water) is not recommended. Just in passing it […]
Public Sculpture
Commercial Sculpture, Tree would be better Felipe! Political left, perhaps and for Art’s sake on the right? These two are more practical, drinking fountain, for both two and four legged creatures; subject of a future post for Chris above and a shelter for lunch below? but is it Sculpture or Architecture? Rudy Weller’s ‘The Horses […]
Coxsoft Art News for news of Sculpture in London
If you need to know what’s on in London then Coxsoft Art News is a must on your links page for regular visits. Coxsoft Art News previews London art exhibitions and reports on anything of special interest in the visual arts worldwide. There are also some useful links on his blog. Ian also has a […]
Charlie and St John’s Wort
Here as promised Museworthy is some St John’s Wort for you. My American Appaloosa mare aged 32, was attracted by all the attention and had to come and see what I was doing on the ground!
