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MORE FROM FILLINGDON
Oh I hope you don't think I'm blasting my own trumpet but Debs wrote such a lovely article on the FILLINGDON FINE ART website . If you feel you can possibly read any more about me follow this link. I...
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OH MY HAT!
Having been inspired by Billy Collins and an artist who loves hats I couldn't resist blogging about it. The artist is John Caple. I was immediately captivated by his mysterious paintings. There's a...
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STRANDLOPER
The name STRANDLOPER is an Afrikaans word meaning "beach walker". It is a term for San-derived people who lived by hunting and gathering along the sea shores of Southern Africa from prehistoric times...
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FOX
Lucian Freud with fox cub. Photograph by David Dawson, Freud's studio assistant. See more here.Having just celebrated our 39th wedding anniversary I decided to dedicate a post to my dear husband who I...
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SHADES OF LICHEN
Emily Gherard. Click here to see website.This post has been in the works for over a month but I'm in the midst of helping my daughter to plan her wedding so I haven't quite brought the post together...
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WALKING
I love to walk in nature and I especially love to walk alone. In South Africa .... or where I live anyway .... there are not many places one can do so safely. At the wild coast I walk alone for miles...
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STORY DOOR AT FILLINGDON
The "Richly Wrapped" exhibition is on at Fillingdon Art Gallery, High Wycombe, UK until the 13th December. I received an email from Debs Digby to say that Oshun, the last of my totems sold this...
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OH CHRISTMAS TREE
Wishing you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS!and to those who don't celebrate ChristmasHAPPY HOLIDAYS!Paintings by Josette Urso"It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or...
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NEW WORK at FILLINGDON FINE ART
"Strandloper III" by Robyn GordonThe daffodils are out just in time for the opening of the "Primary Palette"exhibition at Fillingdon Fine Art. I'm delighted to have 3 of my pieces included in this...
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STILLNESS FOR JUGGLERS
Andrew WyethPOEM FOR SOMEONE WHO IS JUGGLING HER LIFE by Rose CookThis is a poem for someonewho is juggling her life.Be still sometimes.Be still sometimes.It needs repeatingover and overto catch her...
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A SHORT STORY
It seems that I've been busyNot really...A lot on my mind while I carve and tweak small carvings for a special orderI've been keeping a secret ....but now I can share it with you....It is a cold dark...
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THE WOOD GATHERERS
Tracey Deep is a floral sculptor inspired by nature. See more hereThere is nothing quite like the feeling of calm that envelopes one when out gathering I love returning from a walkladen with bouquets...
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ART PROPELLED REINVENTED
Story Door and Niche carving by Robyn Gordon. Website hereTHANK YOU to all my faithful followers who have supported me here over the years and for all the inquiring emails and messages wondering if all...
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A SMIDGEN OF MY SOUL
"Creativity is the way I share my soul with the world" - Brene BrownA lot has happened in the year I have taken off from my blog. The busier I became with commissions and life, the more I found I had...
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NATURAL TOUCHSTONES
mrandmrscharlie on InstagramStephanie Dalton's new painting inspired me today. It reminds me of riverine krantzes, pebble beaches, driftwood and rock pools. Stephanie Dalton. Click to go to Stephanie's...
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THE SOFT UNFOLDING OF WAVES
We have returned from three glorious weeks at the Wild Coast, feeling replenished and at peace with the world. Most days were soft and meditative, filled with winter sunshine and the hushed unfolding...
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CREATING A CLEARING
Deena Haynes. Click"Stillness is not about focusing on nothingness; it's about creating a clearing. It's opening up an emotionally clutter-free space and allowing ourselves to feel and think and dream...
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VISUAL PLEASURE
A collection of West African Islamic Teaching Tablets used by students in West Africa. Click"I collect these objects to learn from them. In some moments these things are going to teach me something....
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HEALING GODDESS
Newly completed Healing Goddess (next to Nigerian helmet mask) by Robyn Gordon"Our work as artists is courageous and scary. There is no brief that comes along with it, no problem solving that's given...
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I WILL KEEP BROKEN THINGS
These fragments of a tile were once part of a highly decorated floor at Chertsey Abbey, Surrey. Pavements of decorated ceramic tiles were a medieval innovation. They were used to add richness and...
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