Time Does Fly
It’s the Summer Solstice of 2022 already! Where did the last 2 years go? I would imagine, like me, you may have found the last couple of years weird, confusing, and just maybe, at times truly beautiful.
Read moreI have never heard the countryside so quiet, and the skies above so clear. No vapour trails, no traffic noise, sheep and goats wandering around village greens, foxes and badgers sauntering merrily here and there……. Nature as it, perhaps, once was.
Coming out of the other side of that has seen a lot of changes in my life and work.
Having moved to the glorious coastline of North Devon in the UK during a break in the lock downs, I have taken some time out to re evaluate my work and look at the direction I am going in.
Now surrounded by sea scapes, beaches and cliffs, huge skies with dramatic landscapes over Exmoor, Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor, I am truly spoilt for choice in subject matter.
Writers such as Daphne Du Maurier (Rebecca and Jamaica Inn amongst many others), RD Blackmore (Lorna Doone) and Agatha Christie (basing many of her most famous crime novels around Devon), all drew massive inspiration from the area.
It will be interesting to find out where inspiration takes me on my artistic journey.
Recently I have been finishing work from around the Cotswolds where I was previously based and, in one case, considering some major repairs.
Unfortunately some shelves gave way in my new studio and a piece that was undergoing final finishing was standing right under them! After all the hours put into the piece I have finally decided on a repair and refinish.
Hopefully it will turn out well. I have added a couple of shots of the damage. You might imagine the disappointment when I found it like this.
I am pleased to say that quite a few of my pieces found new homes over the last couple of years amongst my existing collectors and new alike. I am grateful for your support and appreciate each and every one of you.
Over the coming weeks I will be updating the portfolio as it exists on the website currently and adding the new work as I go.
For now, speak soon.
Chris.
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