We had some fun yesterday, my wife’s aunt held a party for the reinstallation of her sculpture which was stolen a year or two ago. I was able to complete another one of the edition for her. After a very good party I remembered that she had lent me a book about a friend of […]
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Hands again
I am working on those hands again and found some examples in the Louvre. I am grateful to Paulo for the pictures he has taken as they remind me just how important it is to get them right. I leave you, dear reader, to decide whether they are good examples. If you were to follow […]
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Nataniel NeujeanLots more of his work to see here
One of the three bears
I just love this picture. The lady was a well known American, the first American lady to setup an Art Museum. “The Whitney Museum Of American Art” The Museum was founded in 1931 with a core group of 700 art objects, many of them from the personal collection of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney herself. She was […]
A note for your diary
Details of the run up to my next exhibition can be found here http://countrysideartexhibition.blogspot.com/
Carl Eldh Sculptor from Sweden
I have just found another sculptor of note from the Northern reaches of Europe. It is so satisfying to finding a new Sculptor. It matters not that the rest of the world know all about him and I am as usual late on the scene! I am indebted to these two websites for the following […]
Mackennal in New South Wales
In case you missed the pdf of Mackennal here is an example of what it contains. Particularly good work here, shows especially well what a rock can contain! Find it here or visit and send us some even better pictures please! http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/
Australia
When I first visited Chris’ Millers Figure Sculpture site more than a year ago, I noticed that there was no mention of Australia and New Zealand which worried me. I spent some time trying to find some examples to offer him but failed to fine anything suitable on the internet and so had to accept […]
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford
At Easter I visited Oxford and inevitably spent much of my time here at the Ashmolean Museum Here are some of my pictures from one of the oldest Museums in Europe. Roman if I remember correctly The enticement to go up stairs Was well rewarded! Drury Ford Degas Fedi
Slavery
I came across Power’s “Greek Slave”, above, through a search for “Parian Ware” a medium in which I have recently completed a commission. (see http://iath.virginia.edu/utc/sentimnt/grslvhp.html for a brief history) Slavery and the history of slavery are not subjects I know a lot about, but it is a subject that crops up quite often in “browsing” […]
