Unbridled Peaky Blinders Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby (Credit: BBC PIctures/Harry Ward)Thanks to subscriber E in London I have been alerted to Peaky Blinders Art Works. As an ardent fan of this BBC television
Challenge Brexit and the Art World My apologies for the muck up with the blog yesterday when the wrong and incomplete blog got uploaded ahead of the correct blog for the day. You were meant to only receive Political
Challenge Political Unrest and Artists: The Great Depression Thomas Hart Benton, Departure of the Joads, 1939, (Twentieth-Century Fox Film Corporation) Lithograph in black on wove paper, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation,
Reflection The Dogs of Famous Artists: Picasso, Warhol, Schultz, Rockwell. Kahlo and more Subscriber K in Sydney enjoyed the photos yesterday of the Shepherd El of London and has forwarded this article from the online art gallery Bluethumb. It is a wonderful record of Famous Artists'
Challenge Frank Bowling: Part Two By the end of the 1970s, Frank Bowling was fully in control of the painting techniques he had spent the last ten years fine-tuning. He had a deep understanding of the dynamics of
Challenge Frank Bowling: Part One If I have a favourite Abstract Artist it would have to be Frank Bowling who said: The possibilities of paint are never-ending. (Tate Britain Exhibition Guide) Throughout his career, Bowling has investigated the
Unbridled Viewing the Viewers When you go to an art exhibition one naturally concentrates on the works of the artist. But there is always another exhibition which occurs parallel to the paintings or scultpures. The parallel exhibition
Inspiration Lee Krasner: Part Three Lee Krasner painting Portrait in Green in her studio in Springs, NY, 1969. Photograph by Mark Patiky. (artshesays.com)And now to look at some of the remarkable abstract paintings created by the
Challenge Lee Krasner: Part Two Before we get onto today's blog, a very warm welcome to I of London, our latest subscriber from that beautiful green isle of England. It is wonderful to be attracting new subscribers because
Unbridled Toilet Art and Much More Apologies to anyone who has had difficulty getting the blog over the past couple of days. Our wonderful Matt Cameron has fixed the problem and we are back to normal. Perhaps not quite
Challenge Illustrators in the Golden Age of English Children's Books I can't travel around England without thinking of the wonderful worlds created by the English illustrators such asErnest Howard Shepard, Randolph Caldecott, Kate Greenaway, John Tenniel and Arthur Rackham - especially those from
Challenge Rowena Cade: Sculpting a Theatre Some people sculpt people, some animals - Rowena Cade sculpted a theatre out of the granite cliff face in Porthcurno, Cornwall. I learnt about this remarkable feat and the woman who carried it
Challenge Cornwall: The Artists' Magnet When I decided to revisit Britain after 21 years I gave considerable thought to where I wanted to go. Britain, to me, is like a massive banquet offering course after course of delicious,
Challenge The Cornish Miner and Beyond (Credit: en.wikipedia.org)In my home town of Bendigo, back in Australia, there is a lovely memorial statue The Cornish Miner erected in appreciation of the efforts of all the underground miners
Challenge Leaf Art I've been looking at a lot of leaves over the past few days from Kew Gardens to my early morning walks in Regent's Park. Thanks to Caroline who is holding the fort back
Unbridled Off to the UK Today I am boarding the flying kangaroo to travel to the UK for a holiday. A huge thank you to my friends and fellow art bloggers Jane and Caroline for their incredible effort
Unbridled Extraordinary Beauty in a Grain of Sand Following on from yesterday's Microsculptures of beetles and such, as created by Levon Biss, I would now like to introduce you to the Microscopic photography of sand as created by Dr Gary Greenberg.
Unbridled TURNING STEM into STEAM & MEETING the ARTIST-SCIENTIST Beauty in the Beast- Order to Chaos (Credit: Caroline Shaw Ometz)You might be wondering what on earth I'm talking about when I say that it is very important for the future of
Challenge Nazca Lines: Mysterious Geoglyphs in Peru Credit MachuTravelPeruThe Nazca Lines are geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru, that cover an estimated 450 square kilometers and now a World Heritage Site. Scratched on the ground, they number
Unbridled Shadows on the Moon NASA/theconversation.comBetween 1969 and 1972, a new type of archaeological site was created. For the first time, human bodies and the technology needed to sustain them altered the landscape of another world.
Unbridled The Cow Jumped Over the Moon and... (Credit: Laughing Elephant)As Jane assured us yesterday- there are no creatures on the moon. But there are plenty jumping over it! I know it sounds corney but Jane, Caroline and I are
Challenge The Fallen Astronaut Up on The Moon, There's a Tiny Monument That Will Break Your Heart Jacinta Bowler on the 29th April 2019 wrote an article about a tiny aluminium sculpture of an astronaut with a
Unbridled Little Green Martians and Other Space Creatures The other day I introduced you to Lucien Rudaux and his incredibly accurate representations of spacescapes. Not only did he paint remarkable images of outerspace, Rudaux created bizarre illustrations of what humans might
Unbridled Ten Modern Masters Who Elevated 'Space Art' to Astronomical Heights A warm welcome to our latest subscriber- F.L. of Heidelberg. Our little art community is growing which is most gratifying. Thank you all for your support and a special thank you to
Inspiration Lucien Rudaux: The Other Father of Astronomical Art Yesterday I introduced you to Chesley Bonestell and his pioneering work in developing Astronomical Art. Alongside Bonestell on the other side of the world in France was Lucien Rudaux who must also be
