nature

The Darling Buds of … March

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Here are a few pictures I took this week at Kew Gardens. It was a very cold but very bright day. The magnolia trees were particularly striking to me and in various stages of flowering. I like the long fuchsia and purple buds:   There were pretty trees in full bloom. I think I must … Read more

Glow

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In the last few months I’ve been increasingly drawn to looking at the way the sun illuminates objects, noticing light and shade. Maybe this is because I’ve been regularly life drawing and painting, in natural light when possible. There’s also a desire to seize the warmth and colour of sunlight, to balance out the grey, … Read more

London’s Autumn Colours

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I was privileged to go to Japan last November and witness autumn in several cities. That is a hard act to follow! However, London is teeming with beauty and colour at the moment, and I thought I’d show some images of urban nature that have caught my eye in the last few weeks. I’ve always … Read more

Beauty & Sadness: a rainy day in London

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A few months ago I read the book Beauty and Sadness by the Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata. The title came to mind again when I was thinking about the essence of the following images. I took these photographs the other day, gravitating towards beauty and nature in a week where the news has been very depressing; full … Read more

winter abstracts

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Here are a couple of new images; playing around with the idea of found decorative patterns both in nature and aspects of architecture together with condensation. I like the layering effect and illusion this creates … In the next image, also taken last week, the patterns in the peeling wood create a natural abstract … there’s … Read more

nature and sculpture in London

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I was walking in Hampstead Heath yesterday when I saw a heron in the middle of one of the algae-covered ponds, standing completely still and immobile. It was so still for so long that at one point my initial excitement turned to disappointment as I wondered if it was a new sculpture installation that I … Read more