Sit back, press play and watch Michael Shapcott do his beautiful thing - and in that moment, cast a wish that every child be born into such caring hands …
View the Drawing and Drawing 365 project by Michael Shapcott too. Thanks to Harley for finding this one. You’ll find another beautiful clip previously featured on Black Dog of Stormie Mills in a mesmerising act of transformation here. And he flunked art … so draw even if you think (or they tell you) you can’t. Stormie’s story here. Pass it on …
Enter another world here…. Stefan Zsaitsits. Found this artist in Rooms Magazine. His work is truly magic. Pencil drawings and paintings to take you far, far away. Also a beautiful book called ‘Headsongs’. Enjoy the trip….and pass it on….
Take a look at the work of Bathany Marchman. Exhibition opening this Thursday 8th March, 6.30pm at Elements Art Gallery, Dalkeith WA - until 25th March. (Original work in colour).
Just received this card in the post from friends, Bern and Steve. Long live the letter box. Pictured…Solarized palladium print by Alred Steiglitz (1864-1946) from The Art Institute of Chicago.
‘Dad’s Coming Home’ by Winslow Homer, 1873 (Source ‘Lapham’s Quarterly Winter 2012, a magazine of history and ideas).
Art is for everyone – or should be. It invites us to explore meanings of things. Seek deeper understanding. Tell our own stories. It also allows us to practice the questioning of things. The ‘reading’ of what we see, and grow ourselves through this process. Art also suggests untold stories and whatever story arrives through our own perception of it, is ours alone. We can never make a mistake in the interpretation of its meaning. It may (most likely will) differ from the Artist’s meaning but we can never be wrong. Some questions that came up for me about this piece, were….
Visited MONA (Museium of Old and New Art) in Tasmania. Took these pics of some favourites that fed my interest in identity (didn’t record the artists though).
Look carefully at this one – many ID’s overlapping and if you think you recognise someone famous, no, apparently the faces are all ‘unknowns’.
Expect the unexpected and unaccepted when visiting MONA – quite a mind altering, utterly unforgettable experience.
