Tag Archives: Compton Verney

Catching Up # 01…Compton Verney…

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Guthlac

Another day another art exhibition. This time it was a return to Compton Verney and their summer exhibitions of David Batchelor’s work, a selection of portraits which were both photographs and a couple of paintings from the National Portrait Gallery … Continue reading →

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End Times?….

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Guthlac

Are we in the ‘End Times’? Are the drums of war beating – calling us to our doom? I don’t know but what I do know is that yesterday was a beautiful spring day here and I enjoyed it. I … Continue reading →

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TV is no Substitute for the Real Thing….

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Guthlac

Yesterday was a lovely early Spring day and because of this the weather was a bit all over the place. One moment it was blue sky and sunshine the next grey skies rolled in with just a hint of dampness … Continue reading →

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Reviewing the New Normal…

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Guthlac

As September introduces the first cool winds of Autumn I thought it would be interesting, to me at least, to review how the four art galleries I visited in August dealt with the opening in the ‘New Normal‘ world we … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Turn…

Posted on September 9, 2017 by Guthlac

Yesterday was all planned out.  I was off to revisit the excellent Seurat to Riley: The Art of Perception at Compton Verney then my fellow traveller has to cancel because of a continuing back problem.   As a fellow back sufferer … Continue reading →

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Standing in the Countryside

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Guthlac

I thought it would be useful to bring all the images I have made from my recent visit to Compton Verney together in one post as they do give a good feel to the day.   This is not surprising … Continue reading →

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Walking around the grounds

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Guthlac

Beautiful weather, sunny but with a cool breeze; harmonious landscape, Capability Brown’s finest work and a first rate art gallery.  Now that is what I call a good day’s work!

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Small Town Girl

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Guthlac

The first road test of the new camera and lens and I think the best thing to say is that it is really nice to be able once more to have access to a proper 24 mm lens to 105mm … Continue reading →

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Autumn No. 24

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Guthlac
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Autumn No. 18

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Guthlac
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