Tag Archives: art

I am an Island…

Posted on November 9, 2025 by Guthlac

If you ever despair about the value of human creativity, take a trip to the latest exhibition at the Djanogly gallery, Nottingham. AI nonsense might produce a tidal wave of slop, but this exhibition restores faith in creativity. (Full disclosure: … Continue reading →

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I’m your Venus…

Posted on April 3, 2025 by Guthlac

Yeah baby..she’s got it… Bananarama Not sure why Bananarama came into my mind when think about our trip yesterday to the Hepworth art gallery at Wakefield? They have. They did. Third gallery visit in as many weeks. Not bad. Now … Continue reading →

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Puzzling Experiment…

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Guthlac

Creating art requires time, patience, and dedication. However, in today’s fast-paced world, many artists struggle to find the time to fully immerse themselves in their creative processes. The demands of daily life, work, and other responsibilities often take precedence, leaving … Continue reading →

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Housebound…

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Guthlac

I’m sort of housebound for the next week which gives me time to pull together my 2023 Yearbook. Will I manage it? I’ll let you know next Thursday. Note from Editor: I tried the WordPress AI generated titles: way too … Continue reading →

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Am I Busy?…

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Guthlac

Just recently I’ve found my days just running away and at the end I feel I’ve still so many other things I need to do. Does this make me very busy? Or does it mean I’m just pootling around not really doing … Continue reading →

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Pragmatic Remainer….

Posted on December 13, 2020 by Guthlac

One of the joys of being laid up for a few days with a bad cold (no it isn’t covid as I have. none of the symptoms – I just like I had a cold – there is a difference) … Continue reading →

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This train

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Guthlac

Buying a new sketch book skews the work I am producing at the moment…to put it another way I have a new toy and I want to take it out for a little run.   I bought this new sketch … Continue reading →

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Summer Son

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Guthlac

I have no idea where this came from…I just sat down this afternoon and started to draw – before I knew where I was she had appeared on the page.  Exactly what the painting is about is as much a … Continue reading →

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The addiction of Pinterest

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Guthlac

If you haven’t discovered Pinterest then perhaps you should.  It is a great way of storing images that you find on the Internet in one place to use as a resource.  There have been one or two copyright concerns and … Continue reading →

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Something strange happened the other day

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Guthlac

  I started a new short course at my local art centre the other week and something strange seems to have happened – I’m moving away from figurative to the more abstract…I wonder where that came from?    

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