…after 3 weeks in France…back to the harsh reality of life. Immediately summoned to Southampton cardiac high dependency unit where my father in law, an RSC actor has had a significant bleed in his brain (a stroke) after a successful triple by pass operation.
We have been told to 'prepare ourselves'.
Life is cruel…and beautiful too…
…just completed another garden project. The chap I employ is an experienced landscaper and a champion bodybuilder with muscles on his muscles on his muscles…he's French Canadian, in the RN for five years firing BFG's (big *ucking guns), escort to Prince Andrew for a short while and a real character. At the end of the day in a garden, I'm exhausted…and he's off to the gym to pump more iron!
When I'm creating a painting, the line I paint may appear only to be a simple innocent mark, but the decision process involved to simplify this line becomes more and more complex as each day passes…
http://www.eartharchitecture.co.uk/artist.html
firstly…
look at the
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then read between the lines…
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'Graham's response to landscape is contemplative. Creation becomes a challenge as every mark is considered as the aesthetic process unravels towards sublime resolution. Graham's preoccupations are undoubtedly formal, but his technique relies on more than simply a conscious arrangement of shape and colour. Graham aims to intuitively distil the essence of his visual experience in a much more unlimited way. Landscape provides the ideal motif; unrestricted by figures or buildings, an exploration is permitted which ultimately pervades pure creation.' Sally-Ann Schilling. MA History of Art, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Art Historian and former Lecturer Tate Modern, London
