If I ask myself the question “what is success to me in terms of my Art” I find it difficult to explain. I suppose I have always been artistic, but I had a strong urge to study ceramics when I had my two children and attended a pottery evening class in London once a week….
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Picture This: French Artist, France Mitrofanoff presents ‘The Journey’ for ArtMuseLondon
The forest is up ahead. I stride across the clearing of bright sunlight and plunge into the dark undergrowth. Brushing away the leaves of tender green and earthy brown, I rediscover the path running diagonally through the vegetation. The flowers and grasses bend to the wind. The wind follows the sweeping movement of my paintbrush….
Picture This : Photographer Bunshri Chandaria Charts Alzheimer Loss in an Art Book ‘Silent Voice’
“I was your childhood friend. You gave me your daughter.” These are words of my late mother-in-law, Ramaba placed next to a saree image in the artist book, Silent Voice. Ramaba’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis alarmed me. She was the epitome of beauty but a disconnect between her and the world had set in. She was unable to communicate…
Picture This : Mireille Vautier Sewing Stories
The line of a pen or pencil is like a thread that you pull which unravels. With this idea came the desire to embroider. Without really knowing how to embroider, I wanted to simply draw with thread. I’ve chosen to embroider this book and by doing so I preserve its identity. It’s almost as if…
Picture This : Australian artist, Daryl Austin, presents his latest work
“Veiled monument, Tarndanyangga, 2022” is one of a series of paintings depicting my immediate urban environment. As a daily habitual walker negotiating these spaces it is evident that they are in a process of continual change and disruption. I try within these paintings to utilise motifs as depicted here of a known/unknown monument undergoing restoration….
Picture this: St Aldhelm’s Chapel, Dorset
St Aldhelm’s chapel stands above the headland of St Aldhelm’s (or St Alban’s) Head on the Dorset coast, near Swanage. The chapel is just visible from the village of Worth Matravers, about 2 miles inland, and is accessed via a rough path from the village. I am by no means a skilled photographer, but I…
Announcement : ‘Picture This’ – a new occasional series
Dear artists and photographers ArtMuseLondon is launching a new occasional series entitled ‘Picture This’ to showcase original works by artists and photographers. You are invited to choose one of your own favourite works (a photograph or painting) and to comment on it in no more than 300 words. We want to hear why you chose…