Every year I get together in the summer with a friend and we make an indigo vat. Dyeing with indigo is a mixture of chemistry and magic, rather like developing a film. I’m not going into the detail again as I’ve put up a couple of posts before…
Tag: abstract
I’ve recently taken part in a couple of hand-made book workshops with Alex Hare and Lizzie Shepherd, learning how to make a simple concertina book and a Japanese stab-bound book. For the first, I chose a series of my “accidental paintings” – close-ups of weathered boat hulls. I’ve had…
Photography is, of course, “all about the light”, and early this morning I made the most of bright weather. The sea at Lyme is often very cloudy with sediment, but after a few quiet days without much rain, the water was clear enough to see the seafloor at…
I’m a great one for finding abstracts or “accidental paintings” in my wanderings – whether natural or man-made. I know lots of people can’t see the point in them, but I am drawn to their enigmatic patterns, textures and tones. Sometimes you can guess at the source, and…
A trip with a fellow enthusiast to look at all the boats out of water for repainting was well worth the effort. We were lucky enough to choose a sparkling cold sunny day which provided lots of watery texture, and ample opportunity for finding abstract compositions to add…
Every year, I post an image a day for the Advent period for my friends and followers on Facebook. This year, I am basing my theme on the Waterline exhibition I held with a friend at the Gallery in Symondsbury earlier this year. Welcome to the official start…
I am always on the lookout for “accidental paintings” – usually old wooden or metal surfaces showing the effects of age or decay. This is a metal barn door in North Chideock, which recalled the abstracts of Lyme Regis artist Chelsea Davine but with considerably less effort on…
Together with a friend and fellow photographer, I mounted an exhibition of photos and pottery at the Town Mill Malthouse Gallery in Lyme Regis. It was a pleasure to talk to many of the visitors about our work, and hear their comments and reactions.
I’ve got a bit of a thing about weathered concrete, and the new sea defences at Lyme Regis are an endless source of subjects. I found this trio of images along the same stretch of the East Beach walkway, and was struck by the variety of patterns revealed…