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Framlingham Sky

Posted by cmgaylard on October 10, 2020 at 11:55 AM

A very stormy week.

Natural Beauty

Posted by cmgaylard on January 5, 2020 at 6:45 PM

I'm vacillating (on a daily basis) between needing vibrant colour or being drawn into the washed out, bleached nature in the fields and garden.

Happy Mother's Day!

Posted by cmgaylard on March 11, 2018 at 12:50 PM

I was enchanted by this pregnant, German Madonna and she led me to the rich tradition of the Vierge Ouvrante. Happy Mother's Day to all mothers, would-be-mothers and those who take a mothering role. One of my Grea...
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Colourways

Posted by cmgaylard on February 27, 2018 at 9:40 AM

The wonderful lichen on this gravestone in Great Glemham churchyard caught my eye, it's right in the zone of ochre to eau de nil that I'm caught up in at the moment.  

Happy New Year!

Posted by cmgaylard on January 2, 2018 at 8:45 AM

All the best for 2018! A lot of cooking and baking for a series of feasts/guests here - lovely to be able to hand on jobs to offspring and have them done better than I might myself - see above.



Technology

Posted by cmgaylard on November 27, 2017 at 6:30 PM

I was describing myself standing up to wave a mobile phone in one hand and a card reader in the other (I am tall) trying to find a signal to take payments in a very crowded space. My daughter and I found this slightly alarming image from the Thoth Tarot to be most apt. 

Negative Shapes

Posted by cmgaylard on June 16, 2017 at 9:55 AM

I didn't know what this was but Folks on Facebook tell me: Tragopogon pratensis aka Goats beard or Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon. I will probably settle for Goatsbeard and feel quite clever that I got it home in one piece, I'm seeing stars.

Answered Prayers

Posted by cmgaylard on June 1, 2017 at 5:55 PM

Family jokes usually have obscure origins. When asked what I want, I frequently (& possibly annoyingly?) say: 'The head of John the Baptist on a silver platter'. So a daughter made me one for my birthday and here he is - a  wonderful, work in progress - now what shall I ask for?

Things of Beauty

Posted by cmgaylard on April 16, 2017 at 1:15 PM


Aldeburgh on Mother's Day - cars often seem generic to me. These less so - the gold one had a bench for a front seat, I haven't seen that since an uncle's vintage car as a child. That's a car.

Season's Greetings

Posted by cmgaylard on December 25, 2016 at 3:25 PM

Doc Martens just keep it coming- my new bag of wonder. Wishing peace and joy where possible.

Splendid Detail.

Posted by cmgaylard on August 31, 2016 at 1:45 PM

My parents had enough children to mean that I was once told that I was getting a sibling instead of a bike, but also a full shelf of 'Old Masters' art books. Carlo Crivelli was one of my favourites. These were the 'Disney Princesses' I grew up with. I was pleased to find a room of ...

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Madness and Despair

Posted by cmgaylard on August 25, 2016 at 6:45 PM

Just saw Anthony Sher as an amazing Lear -  some lovely RSC costumes for light relief.

Current Object of Desire

Posted by cmgaylard on August 25, 2016 at 6:15 PM

Actually I will accept anything made by Li Xiaofeng.......

Dutch Flowers at the National.

Posted by cmgaylard on August 13, 2016 at 1:45 PM

We took in the BP at the National Portrait - which was inspiring but small, then wondered into the National. A staff member was singing out 'Last day!' so we went into what initially looked like an over-exuberant collection of chocolate box covers. On looking closer there were fascinating conventions, subtle skills, quirks, miniaturism and a s...

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O'Keefe at the Tate

Posted by cmgaylard on August 3, 2016 at 8:55 AM

Complex and powerful, and in her own words: 'When people read erotic symbols into my paintings they are really talking about their own affairs.'

Kew!

Posted by cmgaylard on August 3, 2016 at 8:40 AM

 First visit to Kew Gardens, a bit of a grey day but the Tropical Greenhouse and The Hive were looking good.

A Definitive 'How to Make Millefiori'.

Posted by cmgaylard on July 26, 2016 at 11:00 AM

 

We are doing a lot of shifting between London and Suffolk this summer and last weekend I happened across this  fabulous, Venitian millefiori demonstration set at the British Museum. I particularly appreciate the tiny eye sample on the lower left side.

The...

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Birthday Books

Posted by cmgaylard on June 7, 2016 at 8:45 AM

Not for everyone but definately for me! Grayson Perry 'Sketchbooks', Niki de Saint Phalle and 'Heavenly Bodies': 'cult treasures and spectacular saints from the catacombs'.

Work in Progress

Posted by cmgaylard on April 11, 2016 at 8:05 AM

Sketching for 'Treasure in the Landscape'.

Priorities

Posted by cmgaylard on April 10, 2016 at 5:15 AM

The stones and fossils get sorted out here before the holiday laundry does.


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