I have never really liked statues of old men in town centres. Aesthetically they do not appeal and as they tend to be the only sculpture in most towns in England I have without thinking become disinterested. We lived for a short time near Paris when I was about 13, sculpture there was rather more […]
Decanters
Now while we are on wine, I love decanters and this one especially. I hope Blue genes’ shrinks to not now attempt an analysis!
Quaffable
I spent a little time in the wine trade, but times changed and the fun when out of it in the early 1980’s. However I do still enjoy wine (in moderation of course!!). Well we had a celebration last night; I won another commission so a bottle was called for. Now our budget for things […]
Norwich 2005
At the 400th anniversary of Sir Thomas Browne’s birth, I took these pictures which included my Niece looking at a memorial to a very ancient aunt in St. Thomas Mancroft, and a long shot of my Grandfather’s painting “Wist ye not”. (I will post a better image of it up on www.artituk.com in due course.) […]
The Barber Institute (Art Gallery)
The Barber Institute (Art Gallery) has a great exhibition on Parrots in Fine Art until April. Highly recommended. Buzz is a good magazine from Birmingham University. I recommend the article above which appears on the back page of the January issue and is writted by a celebrated academic. Click on the image and it should […]
Topuddle Martyr
Offended here by the smelly socks the late Mr Lovelace, of Tolpuddle Martyr fame, was created by the sculptor Thompson Dagnall from Lancashire (north of the Thames!). Good looking chap, wonder what he would have thought?
Religious Icons
As with so many religious icons this image of motherhood caused much of a “stir” in Merry England when it was erected in Bladon Valley Briantspuddle. Marly’s connection with “the washing of feet” in Cassatt’s painting here on Chris Miller’s blog was a connection I had not made before.http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cassatt/toilette.jpg As the father of four children […]
Sculpture and a few gems from Dorchester Dorset
I took these pictures of a few of Dorchester’s “attractions”. John White’s connection with Massachusetts may be of interest. Sculptor, John Doubleday also did a Sherlock Holmes!Here is William Barnes and a sample of his Dorset dialect! The “fountain group” is a “contemporary figure sculpture” and is in the new Poundbury development. (A huge new […]
American friends over here
Well it has been a beautifully sunny morning, that is until I went out with the camera to prove it for you. Still you can see it was at least brighter than yesterday. Here are two of my American friends. The first one above, is an immigrant squirrel not that popular over here; the other […]
Grey day
Oh so very very grey. Still very wet down by the River Piddle Dorset was once inhabited by the T Rex. Here is evidence of more recent activity! If you want to know where we are clik on the picture. Signs of spring More hopeful signs of spring cleaner than usual.
