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…
Tag: accidental painting
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…
… the title of a book that Ian McEwan doesn’t yet know he wants to write. Or it might just be that, finding myself with an unexpected hour on the beach this morning, I decided to wander along and see what I could see. It was very enjoyable…
I go to Lyme Regis, my local town, several times a week, and have photographed much of it over and over. I’m always anticipating the end of creative opportunities, but if you look hard enough, there’s always something. F’rinstance, today I did my usual trawl though the boat…
“Well, who isn’t?”, one might ask. Not only does it make eating meals less messy, but also gives the collector of unconsidered trifles (that’s me) an opportunity to add to my collection of odd jumble sale eating irons and washed up sea spoons! So it was with some…
I’ve walked past these outbuilding doors in Bridport countless times, seeing them gradually weather and peel over the years, and thinking “I must take some photos one day”. Their bright turquoise contrasts with the blackened brick walls in which they are set – another subject for another day.…
It’s that time of year again, when leaves blow onto wet pavements or roads, and form accidental compositions for people to walk past unseeing, except for us dedicated band of sidewalk spotters (we are all over the place, hidden in plain sight!). If you see someone aiming their…
A lot of my photos are quite colourful, or at least depend on colour to work. But our constricted life can be rather dreary and uninspiring just now, so that prompted me to set myself a challenge to find some understated images on my doorstep (metaphorically rather than…
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…