Miro at the Tate
The vibrancy of colours is striking. This vibrancy is not least a result of the layering and building up of the canvas surface, but also the placement of colours in relation to each other.
08 Aug
Pitt Rivers behind the glass
Pitt Rivers behind the glass
My first encounter of the museum floor had me standing in front of these two creatures. Formidable and beautiful, these birds of prey are as close as many of us would hope to get and an amazing opportunity to study the feathers and shapes in their beautiful plumage.
07 Aug
Ptolemy Mann
Ptolemy Mann
I love Mann’s use of colour in revitalising such a community space. This application of surface colour and pattern [in geometry and stripes] seems to carry a timeless message of vitality. There are no motifs or imagery to define or segregate, but the message ‘comes across’ for this application.
06 Aug
Bardith on Madison
Bardith on Madison
Favorite Manhattan stores… Bardith is on this list for sure…the beginnings of an education.
06 Aug
Decorative arts in Ireland
Decorative arts in Ireland
There is a quality of wild, abandoned, unabashed florality about these hand painted pieces from the early 1800s.
05 Aug
IMMA Reflective Irish
IMMA Reflective Irish
“For you to know the idea yourself, you do not need to know the language. It is only when you want to affect someone else’s mind that language must be brought to play”…
04 Aug
Luas to Guinness
Luas to Guinness
Up and around the corner you walk past pimply pubs on ramshackle corners until a leafy lane way lures you into the driveway of the Guinness factory itself. The rising machinery of its pumping and grinding furnaces peaks out over the dull brick walls.
28 Jul
a place for the bike and the saddle blanket, Berlin loft
a place for the bike and the saddle blanket, Berlin loft
A worn, torn warehouse loft is the epitome of bedraggled style and finesse. Spot the saddle blanket if you can…
28 Jul
“Ich bin ein Berliner!” inside
“Ich bin ein Berliner!” inside
Inside a spacious artists loft on the top floor of a Berlin warehouse apartment block. The surfaces!… need I say more.
28 Jul
“Ich bin ein Berliner!” Patina
“Ich bin ein Berliner!” Patina
One astounding side to Berlin life is it’s patinas. Gorgeous surfaces all over the cities meandering neighborhoods; Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg, Kreutzberg. Berlin has seduced my senses, I am patina pondering and poster dazzle eyed.