Category Archives: journey
Drawing the line
Heading back into the studio, pots of glaze lined up on the table, all geared up to paint Jane’s pots; what a treat. Another good way to get back into things if you got out of them is to go … Continue reading
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Tagged Antonio Lopez Garcia, city, commuting, drawing, istanbul, journey, metro, neo rauch, sketchbook, studio, walking
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Dreaming with the giantesses of the Acropolis
Still dreaming with the giantesses on the Acropolis. In the vast, contemporary space of the New Acropolis Museum, the Charyatids, now freed and 12 feet tall, powerfully transmit their magic for all time. What is it about their marble contours … Continue reading
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Shifting shapes on the Bosphorous
Its been a while since I’ve been here. Most days find me walking next to the Bosphorous or working in my new garden studio. That sounds rather too “World of Interiors” for this particular space which lies somewhere between a … Continue reading
Walkabout in Istanbul
Tomorrow I conduct a “walkabout” of my exhibition “Ships and Dreams” currently showing at Arnavutkoy Gallery in Arnavutkoy, Istanbul. Where I come from it is fairly common practice to return to your exhibition after its opening, at a designated time … Continue reading
Posted in bosphoros, damascus, don maclennan, drawing, grahamstown, istanbul, journey, mosques, poetry, ships, Uncategorized, visual arts, yorkshire
Tagged ancestors, bosphoros, bruce chatwin, city, exhibition istanbul, istanbul, journey, painting, ships and dreams, songlines, walkabout, walking, wandering
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In Praise of beauty: Susan Sontag on Howard Hodgkin’s paintings
Revisiting my art books scattered in various homes across the land, I come across this gem from Susan Sontag on the Venice paintings of Howard Hodgkin, and it immediately takes me back to Istanbul: Venice once again. Imagining the imagined. … Continue reading
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the road to damascus
Return from Syria again aware that what has been captured in my notebooks needs an out. What remains as I am once again buffeted on the pavements of Istanbul, is a sense of newness, compositions that configure in my minds … Continue reading
Posted in damascus, drawing, journey, mosques, painting, sketchbooks, syria
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