Walking in my local park during a recent rain storm I photographed some interesting images. I was rather drawn to some old iron work embedded in the ground that formed lovely Klimtesque swirls in the earth with some lush vegetation growing alongside adorning the scene. The way in which the iron work is gradually being reabsorbed into the earth echoes the spiralling circular pattern of the process through which most of life travels. The rain water and nearby Ouseburn aiding the journey, moving life along, flowing down into the Tyne and out into the North Sea.
On the way back I was reminded of the recent spring when I had admired a host of crocuses in full bloom in Cambridge. The sight of these neighbouring front doors so perfectly echoing that memory. Co-incidence or the result of a collaboration between the decorators? I found the idea very appealing. Showing such a daring colour combination that only nature could pull off so successfully, paired in suburbia to such striking effect.
My latest painting is also included in this post. Shown during and after completion. It is largely experimental, an excercise in colour and basic symbols to convey the horror of war. I recently visited the Tate Modern to see Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs where this theme some say is covered in a less obvious way. For example were there stars in the sky or bombs exploding? All the more relevant at a time when we remember the seventieth anniversary of D-Day.
