230 Art And Trauma – Painting Out The Pain
Here is another blog written by freelance contributing writer , Helen Farnes hope you find it interesting. For many centuries now, we have cultivated a very persistent artistic stereotype. The idea of the tormented creative, driven by inner turmoil and the horrors within to create works of transcendent beauty and significance is one with which […]
THE ART OF TRAVELLING THE WORLD
PAINTING COMMISSIONS I am a bit lost for words actually as this is the biggest break in the blogging since I launched my artist website, so with nearly 2 months away from writing I feel slightly lost, lol. I have been back at the easel painting furiously for the last few weeks though as I […]
204 SAATCHI, ART EXHIBITIONS & bathing boxes
PAINTING SAILING BOATS This painting was such a delight for me to paint with the blue, blue sea in front of our house and the sailing boats for inspiration, added to some photographs of the beach area locally and then my imagination did the rest. Obviously it is a really windy day and the title […]
177 ART EXHIBITIONS IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK & SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
NAIVE ART FESTIVAL IN POLAND I am frantically painting away in my studio trying to meet the deadline for the Naive Festival in Poland. Normally I can pretty much concentrate on my work but lately life, the universe and everything has gotten in the way. Oh and I will write a blog and tell you […]
173. PAINTINGS AND MEMORIES
ART AND TRAVEL BLOGS Today’s tale begins at the end of another art and travel blog in our European trip and finds us just having finished lunch in 167. THE ART OF LETTING GO. Cousin Benny and his sister Berit her partner Anders were now taking us around Sundbyberg and Solna seeing the houses and […]
168. ART and KEEPING FIT
THE ART OF KEEPING FIT I have just joined a gym today, finally after 20 or so years since last time. Oh and before you get the wrong idea – I have still been keeping fit during that time. You see we had been living on a farm in the country with the closest gym […]
165. ART & FIFTY LIFE LESSONS BY REGINA BRETT
ART BLOG AND 50 LIFE LESSONS Today’s art blog was going to be about something entirely different but then when I turned on my computer and checked the emails I got sent “50 Life Lessons” by Regina Brett by a friend. Well actually it was called 45 life lessons in the email and also said […]
164. ART, TOILETS AND TRAVEL
TRAVEL AND ART BLOGS Today I am continuing the travel and art blog about our adventures in Europe during 2012 and if you would like to recap of what has happened up to this point here are some links with lots of artworks too of course; 156. ART & FREQUENT FLYER POINTS and 157. Art & […]
162. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY IN RELIGION & ART
FIFTY SHADES OF PAINTING GREY CATS So why this title; “Fifty shades of grey in Religion & Art”? Perhaps something to do with the painting of the cats and all the shades of grey they come in. Well not exactly but as it is Christmas I thought this painting was a good fit even though […]
161. EAGLE ROCK – PANTS DOWN & ART
THE ART OF THE PARTY Well what is all that about I hear you say, and yes for the uninitiated it does sound quite weird and have gotten many people in trouble and I have to point out, even me now as recently as Saturday night, lol. You know how you wake up the following […]