We walked from just outside the congestion zone. A Massive map reading fight on the best placed to be dropped had taken place swiftly followed by ejection. The little black car had bobbed along the crowed London roads two teens in the back – the third had escaped and was in Turkey. Finally, as we…
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Picnic In The Park.
Sunday 19th July 2020 In 1932, Picasso wrote: “When I see Manet’s Lunch on the Grass I tell myself there is pain ahead”. I took Isabella and Patrick to the RA and we cruised around the Piccaso on paper exhibition. Masked and gelled it still enthralled us and then we took our lunch and ate…
Late June 2020 – Lockdown London is about to lift.
I’ve been walking, looking and recording. The deserted London streets have remind me of my favourite childhood films. John Huston westerns with spooky deserted towns complete with tumble weed rolling though the main streets. Knightsbridge in London has become reminiscent of 5th Avenue, New York at 5am as depicted in the opening screens of the…
Like spreading jam on toast.
It’s honest and I was thrilled to see Patrick Straton produce a spreading piece – more manly I feel as using butter as his vehicle. https://instagram.com/stories/chalkiecloonan/2350954936466094650?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=gozo5ejbr4w0
Painters and politics.
Pablo Picasso, Mark Bradford, Vincent Van Gogh, Edwardo Manet and Don. Each painter responded to a ”crisis” situation and produced a painting to reflect their feelings about their chosen subject. Some times their subject matter is historical some times it is current some times it is political, but it is always personal, works as defined…
Lockdown London June 2020
It’s been fabulous. My whole family at home, midnight walks to help Patrick shield. The Dogs just love snuffing around Hyde park on a balmy night. Sunbathing on the roof painting cooking, films, reading. Rather an old fashioned way of being. Zoom school is coming to a close and now we just wait to see…
Splitting light in Newton’s bedchamber.
Life is so lovely and slow, punctuated by painting, cooking and sleep. Very little to stress about, creativity and clarity abound. Newton self isolating from the plague – nice article from the New Yorker. I listened to a fascinating presentation, a collaborative mission for the further understanding and acceptance of those who are neurodiverse within…
Why make art ?- Mark Bradford – Bell Tower.
Mark Bradford said that he’d wanted to make something that felt both ancient and modern when he made the Bell Tower. “Whether you like it or not, it’s contemporary art in an airport, and it does exactly what I wanted it to do—makes people think.”
Sarah Chalkie Cloonan 
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