Category Archives: General

This is for posts that have no real specific category, such as Art or Photography

Seedlings

Oh the joys of spring! With lambs frolicking in the meadow, the larks ascending and the swallows once more flying over the glen spring is finally with us. Before we get all dewy eyed about the rural iddl in which … Continue reading

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Compton Verney – no 3

This is the final selection of creative juices, now that does sound really quite disgusting, I created at Compton Verney. These were made with my G1x and for me they are the least successful…interesting that Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Compton Verney – no 2

Not only was I making iphonographs I also made a couple of drawings.Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad

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Compton Verney

Had a great day at Compton Verney. The main exhibition was a bit hit miss, the early renaissance paintings were incredible, especially the Titian’s, but the later baroque works were not so impressive. Nonetheless a good exhibition if not as … Continue reading

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Sometimes I just dispare

So it was a simply glorious day today, the sun was out, wind was pleasantly refreshing what better conditions could there be for a walk in the country? Well not much of a walk as I’m still not 100% but … Continue reading

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Another day another cup of coffee

Well I’ve just taken my new coffee bean grinder out for its first test run and I have to say I’m loving it. Not only does the coffee taste wonderful but the kitchen has a lovely aroma of coffee. Yum … Continue reading

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Gregorian Chant

This is hardly a news at all but I do find a bit of Gregorian Chant is very rewarding when painting. Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Cold Case Photography

Deep time seems to be seeping through me. I revisited the first photographs I made for this project some two and half years ago and quite frankly they were just not good enough. They certainly didn’t fit with the images … Continue reading

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Out and About – part 2

This is the second batch of photographs made in and around the Charnwood Hills Simon Marchini Web: http://WWW.simonmarchini.co.uk

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Out and About

Having decided to try and muscle my way through the viral mishaps I’m currently suffering I went out to our local ‘mountains’ to make some images. I’m not sure it was the best thing to do, as far as the … Continue reading

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