It is a great joy for me to be able to draw attention to the #Letter365 installation by David Smith because, like so many others, I have been watching David’s art project […]
#Letter365 “An unfolding artwork created a piece each day for a year….”
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“bright white light broke through the gathering snow” – artist Stephen Rooney on his wonderful watercolour snowscape
I am so glad to be welcoming back Stephen Rooney to the guest blog spot. In a cynical age where art is often seen as a commodity, it is so refreshing to […]
Elisa Latini: ‘my art sings of the arboreal world’
A BOTANICAL ALCHEMY My art sings of the arboreal world. My whole poetic stems from trees and herbs, aiming to explore their symbolic aspects and their possible interpretations. Therefore, my second cycle: […]
Textile artist Sunrita discusses perspective in needlework landscapes
Landscapes will always be a hot favorite for artists, no matter what their medium be. As such, the laws governing perspective would be the same, be it watercolor, or needlework. Not that […]
Elisa Latini: “All is lit up by colours: They nourish and enliven everything”
NATURE is the greater teacher Satish Kumar in his “You are therefore I am” tells us what his mother was used to say: “NATURE is the greater teacher. Greater than the Buddha […]
Textile artist Sunrita discusses the solace and beauty to be found in needlework
Doing needlework is a beautiful way to spend time, and be with oneself. It is a habit I have grown with, along with cats and dogs. So much of knitting done, knitted […]
Stephen Rooney: A watercolour artist inspired by the Mountains of Mourne
A quick talk about my latest watercolour piece, which was a twenty minute sketch featuring a local scene. I am lucky enough to live in Mourne – Northern Ireland. I have […]
13 Year Old Lindsey Diem explains her love for art
Hi. I’m Lindsey Diem. I am 13 years old and I’m going into eighth grade. My hobbies are drawing and writing poems. Drawing is something I love to do because it makes […]
Heinrick Wölfflin, Katsushika Hokusai and J. M. W. Turner
The observation of nature is an empty notion as long as we do not know in what forms the observation took place. The whole progress of the “imitation of nature” is anchored […]
Stately Homes and Tourism: Chatsworth House
Stately Homes and Tourism: An Extension of Eighteenth Century Exhibition Culture A discussion of the exhibition and tourist culture of the eighteenth century, and the importance of the spectator’s specific social circumstances […]
