Looking at my National Memorial Painting I cannot help a meditating on the poppy. The first thing that you notice it’s red. An atmospheric swathe of textured red fills less than half the image. Red for poppies representing red for blood. 10,000 ceramic poppies were placed in and around the Tower of London in 2014 […]
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The Poppies at the Tower captured public imagination. Some artworks have that power. In case you’ve been living on another planet or in a bubble somewhere I’ll share the story again. To mark 100 years since the start of World War 1 several events were put on in 2014 to commemorate the event. One of
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Revealing my latest canvas work. Tower Poppies My interpretation of looks a bit different with some colour added. Working with architecture I don’t get to use brilliant red very often. I like it!
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Happy New Year! With renewed enthusiasm I bring you The return of the Wednesday Work in Progress It’s a work on canvas and seems to be a popular subject matter as well as a popular exhibition. The poppies exhibition at the Tower of London entitled Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, marked the centenary
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