You nearly got applause when I first clapped eyes on you.
The inimitable Maurice Sendak. Completely brilliant at dogs and feet and he went from being a window dresser to one of the world’s best-loved illustrators. Sheer talent. DIY.
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Regents Park
Since walking passed the houses that look like cakes at Regents Park, I’ve been meaning to finish stripping and get painting all the doors in my house to look like french fancies with brass nobs on.
What a face.
Carousels remind me of one of my favourite films Fellini’s 8 1/2 with it’s kind of bonkers fairground scenes. In that is the amazing Claudia Cardinale.
When a slide just won’t do.
Imagine having one of these in your back garden. Imagine having a garden big enough for one of these.
Prime carousel space.
But sadly, we could not buy this house as they upped the asking price by twenty grand overnight. The one that got away.
Ozenfant terrible.
I love this Le Corbusier house. And love is not too strong a word. I am a touch in love with black trellises and white rendered walls as well. There will be changes in my garden. Good changes.
Sketchy.
Ben was on the Art Foundation course with me at Gwynedd Technical College twenty years ago. We were sat on a concrete floor somewhere in London, between gallery visits – a hectic schedule drawn up by the course leaders. Just time for a quick drawing of him … Continue reading
Kick up the Arts. An art worker in the 1950s.
“On these magic shores….
On these magic shores children at play are for ever beaching their coracles. We too have been there; we can still hear the sound of the surf, though we shall land no more.” J M Barrie. The lost boys would … Continue reading
Kick up the Art 