I love tea pots. Ashmolean Museum – podcast Episode 12 More tea Vicar? link This has been a lovely find completely by accident, it was lurking, just waiting for me to tap the screen❤️. Law, Tax, design, object, learning, history, storytelling, silver, politics, secret messages, Jokes. Magic. My own investigation in to Russel’s teapot has…
Tag: Thoughts
Thoughts – shows and paintings 20.9.20
Brue Mclene – What are your thoughts on Creativity as a healing process? If you look at something fabulous it makes you feel better. If you look at something terrible it can make you feel crap. Perhaps not physically but definitely emotionally. Hospitals can evoke awe and lift spirits by having more beautiful and energetic…
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…
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 & The Magna Carter
Some times too much research may lead to indecision. This was not the case when they created the Magna Carter a document made for free men, sorry not for serfs, to stop King John abusing his power, it was basically a very long list of rules. Not perfect it was revised many times the UK…
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 and how – painting.
This is a question that I return to again and again. What, the subject matter is easier. I have so much to explore, respond to and reflect on. With each painting project I give myself rules to keep things simple. I do this to avoid the danger of drowning the idea in the experiment. ”how”…
My Final RCA Assessment- thoughts planes.
In my final assessment, Adam, my tutor pointed out that I’m using another artist methods to express my thoughts and reflect, Yes I’m using their methodologies I see that and I see the riso prints were me, my methodology. I took the tearing and sticking and put it on one plane. Amy Stillman did that,…
Sarah Chalkie Cloonan 
You must be logged in to post a comment.