Julian May

I like the spirit of these Vivienne. Blue and yellow, the colours of these beautiful spring days. Sunshine and blue skies.

@viviennem.bsky.social How fascinating. Reminds me of the old idea that voices are absorbed by the walls and might one day be decoded and heard again. The images appear both Victorian and modern, ethereal and present. Very pertinent to the 'project'!

Glad you liked the fish 😁. I've been immersed in the 19th century artistically for a while now so it will be interesting to follow your ideas back to the 21st if I can remember the way!

Sorry I missed your message until now. How lovely to be back in Suffolk and especially with this sunny - if cold - weather. I've been on caring duties a lot lately but have managed to finish the fish!

This looks fun. I love the shell shape especially.

'Seven Brussels Sprouts.' (1955) Delicately painted with meticulous detail, Eliot Hodgkin captures the crisp waxy green beauty of a vegetable that in the year this work was painted was too often boiled to oblivion.

'Seven Brussels Sprouts.' (1955)
Delicately painted with meticulous detail, Eliot Hodgkin captures the crisp waxy green beauty of a vegetable that in the year this work was painted was too often boiled to oblivion.

J A Baker lived in a council flat in my home town. (Much later it was on my postal round). That he created something of such visionary beauty and set in landscapes I know well is personally inspiring. What might be achieved behind any unassuming front door? Belatedly there's a blue plaque there now.

Very kind! I do love wood engravings and would like to have a go one day. Have only ever done a very few lino cuts many years ago.

I was reading about Frederick Walker, Luke Fildes, Frank Holl, Hubert von Herkomer and others. Fascinating painters but they honed their art as illustrators for newspapers/periodicals like 'The Graphic' so I imagine they must have been quick and very hard-working!

Presented by Harold Hartley 1925

Frederick Walker, Philip in Church, engraved by Swain, 1862
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1113239

Frederick Walker, Philip in Church, 1862
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1112969

A corpse road 'coffin road', 'lyke way' or 'lych way'. Was a route on which a coffin would be taken to burial, to prevent the dead returning the routes would often cross water, as it was believed a spirit could not cross running water, painting - Frank Holl

I was going to repost this painting from the collection of Leeds Art Gallery on All Souls Day but sadly I forgot. 'I am the resurrection and the life' (A Village Funeral) Frank Holl (1845–1888) is a super piece of work. Courtesy of Leeds Museums and Galleries.

I hope your first day went well. What a magnificent setting!

art done by paul rumsey

Graphite drawing of a minotaur in a straightjacket

Paul Rumsey

'A Fly Fisherman.' (1879) Although James Hayllar is principally remembered as a tutor to Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Everett Millais, he was a superb draughtsman and produced many memorable portraits and observations of Victorian life.

The Road to Grassington by Richard Eurich 1971
Oil on Board
(Sold at auction 2011)

Richard Eurich

York Festival Triptych by Richard Eurich RA 1956
Oil on Canvas
(Private Collection)
Commissioned by the Lord Mayor of York in 1954. The central 'panel' of the triptych shows a medieval mystery play in progress across a bridge, with Noah in his ark together with his family.

Wow. He eats out a lot! 😂
Thank you Vivienne and a very happy new year to you and yours too. May it bring good things.

She sounds like an admirable and inspiring human being. So many such people remain little known other than to those who know, love and have been affected by their generosity of spirit.

Thanks for sharing these Vivienne. I've enjoyed seeing them and how interesting that your friend is related to Ronald Lampitt.

Presented by Edward Marsh 1909

Charles Shannon, The Modeller, 1891
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1114807

It does look a fascinating exhibition.
I hope you and yours have had a wonderful day. 🥳

A photo-realistic illustration of two shiny, damp Wellington boots on a muddy kitchen floor, as if the owner has just come in from a walk

Beautiful everyday Ladybird things.
‘Wellington boots’
(And another lovely bit of painting from artist Harry Wingfield)

An aerial view looking down over a broad, winter landscape dotted with trees. In the mid ground is a frozen pond. All the figures are in silhouette.

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar
Window 23
‘Skating by Moonlight’
Artist: Ronald Lampitt

Thank you Vivienne. It's hard to see it objectively. I would normally put it aside for a few weeks or months and come back to it but probably best to stop tinkering

Time ran out on this one but I hope its recipient at least perceives a naive charm.

Another great find!