Tag: inspiration
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The Sunflowers Series – Set 2 now released
Water & Light This set is painted in watercolour on 325 gram cotton rich watercolour paper. Available as professionally framed, mounted and glazed originals or as Giclee prints in a choice of two print sizes. Printed on Somerset Enhanced Velvet 255 gsm fine art paper, made at St Cuthbert’s Mill in Somerset using natural woollen…
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Sacred Forest Chapter 6 – with Audio
Louarn is struggling to maintain consciousness. Trying to focus his mind on Breac when it is in a thick fog, is nauseating. With no sense of orientation he can not tell if he is on his paws or his haunches. He shakes his head in an attempt to clear it and peers out with as…
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Sacred Forest Chapter 5 – with Audio
From a distance the Palace glows like a beacon of white light, disguising the festering sickness of pure darkness that beats at its heart. Even with his defusers on Gwern is blinded by the white marble edifice towering above him. But the years have not hardened his heart nor steeled his mind to its irony,…
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Dropping of the Veil
The Besom has swung, the rite is done. Black feathers that drape surround me, Calling me in, with rattle & drum This beat I can not deny me. Threads have been spun Gathered & bound Casting the old into bundle It’s released to the flaming pyre. The loom is prepared The warp has been strung…
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Sacred Forest Chapter 3 – with audio
Since leaving the den Breac and Louarn have been travelling in silence. The sun has not yet reached its zenith and they are making good pace. The river, fed by the Fall, can be felt in the air now it must be close. Louarn changes his steady lope into a full gallop in anticipation of…
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Sacred Forest
Chapter One Louarn is out checking his larders. As the year falls it is time to stock for the winter lean times. Most of his inner larders have been raided for the third cycle in a row, it has cost him so much more than just a few bellies of food. There will be penance…
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ARTEX Month
As part of Somerset Art Weeks I have some of my works up in exhibitions, now open to the public. Firstly, as a member of Somerset Art Works (SAW) I have “Divine in the Fire” exhibited in the Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton, as part of the “Behind the Scenes” exhibition, open to the public until the…
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Sunflowers – Coming soon
I’m developing a new series, Sunflowers, based on sketches in chalk pastels. The series will start with the chalk pastel and caran d’ache original sketches available framed, plus prints in a selection of sizes mounted. With the final peace being a full oil on canvas study. Inspired by a beautiful bunch of sunflowers gifted to…
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Sketching with Nature
It was a day full of weather, gentle curtains of rain, momentary downpours, bright sunshine, beautiful billowing clouds and lots of wind. Nothing that dampened the spirits of our intrepid sketchers. We started off with rapid fire 2 minute sketches, then 5 minutes for the first 40 minutes or so. This is to break everyone…
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Writing with Nature
We’ve come to the last week of Writing with Nature online. Using nature as our muse and our senses as our connection, we have journeyed through the senses and some of the general writing genres, to liberate our creative potential with words. Unshackling our inner wordsmith with a few simple tools and techniques. Each week…