Autumn No. 15

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Guthlac

Bend in River Derwent Hiunting Tower Three Sheep in Field

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Autumn No. 14

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Guthlac

Chatsworth House Sheep in Mist Woodland by Derwent

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Autumn No. 13

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Guthlac

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Autumn No. 12

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Guthlac

Clouds on fire Clouds

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Doing a bit of a Singer S

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Guthlac

Man with Hammer Nude Woman with arm raised

We’ve all done it, you know we have, we’ve all just had to sit down and make a couple of quick sketches based on the work of John Singer Sargent. No?   Well you really ought to.

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Sitting in a London Taxi

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Guthlac

Inside a London Taxi Nude Woman - sitting older

These images are getting just a little bit surreal – just a little bit.

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Thinking aloud

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Guthlac

Variations

Just running through some ideas…

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Poker Face

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Guthlac

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One of the disadvantages of age is that you start to collect memories of how things have changed – and it is debatable whether they are for the better or worse.  Take these two images.  The first is Rawdon pit circa 1982 and the second is the Redcar steel works Nov 2013.  You are no longer able to capture these images due to the painful logic of a capitalist economy – it is just cheaper to get the coal and the steel abroad.  So now Rawdon is the visitors centre for the National Forest and Redcar?  Well it might still have a steel making future but it is doubtful and so one day may be the site of?  Only time will tell and perhaps one day I might be there to capture it some 30 years in the future?  There is something to look forward to.

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Nelly Phant

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Guthlac

Elephants

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The Cornfield Duchess

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Guthlac

Ygritte 002

I’ve no real idea why this title popped into my head.  There are a lot of contributing factors, not least spending the day at Chatsworth House would have added something to the pot.

Chatsworth Sketch

Whilst on the subject of Chatsworth it was fascinating to see just what wealth in art these major English families hold.  Perhaps the most interesting thing about the Cavendish collection is that they seem to be adding to it with some judicious purchase such as a fine collection of Lucian Freud’s work.   There was the usual gaggle of young art and design students  wondering about the house making drawings and sketches and grounds making drawings and sketches and I sat down in the sculpture room to make my own little sketch of some fallen Greek soldier.

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