Art&Ghosts Blog

Precious

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Precious

 

They represent patience, solidarity, determination.

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Of Branches and Brave Hearts

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The dolls return.......

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Winter's Child

 

Quite possibly the visual manifestation of my keen anticipation for the colder months. And more besides. As the summer winds down, I generally tend to become more settled, introspective, imaginative and content. I began this whilst playing with the idea of Snow White, which may or may not still be evident in the completed work. It also has a slight connection to the concept behind 'Mirror with a Memory', one of my earlier creations, which you can view here. As you will see, I have been perfectly in the mood for a little bit of darkness and whimsy combined.

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Lake House (version 2)

 

Every now and again, I like to plunder through the Art&Ghosts vaults. This is always fun to do, especially if I am in the mood for a spot of reinvention. Whether building upon an original idea (as above) or else tidying up what I consider to be quite 'damning technical imperfections', there is something that I find so infinitely fascinating about revisiting these earlier 'scenes'.......as if time itself has a magical effect upon them, revealing new potentialities and hitherto unforeseen depths.

Here, I chose to move the clock forward a few hours. The original version made use of a sombre, peaceful sunset, settling across the lake; whilst the updated image plunges headlong into the lunar, hovering somewhere (albeit just as contentedly) between the dead of night and dawn.

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Afternoon is Bliss

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The Honey variations, continued:

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Honey, Swimcap

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My favourite. This encapsulates so much about my present state of mind. There is a certain tenderness that I am sure has something to do (in essence) with Tove Jansson - I am reading her Winter Book, quite possibly the most beautiful, poignant compilation of short stories that I have been lucky enough to lose myself within for a very long time.

But for sure, I am ever so hopelessly in love with my new, six legged friend. It was quite a challenge to make him sit, to tell the truth. (You may notice that his leg count varies, depending upon my mood. His girlfriend, for instance, has four)

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Honey, Afternoon is Bliss

 

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A certain, existentialist twist in the tail. Oh! Even the toadstools are impressed.

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Honey Pie

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My sweetheart:

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Honey, Unleashed

 

Meet Honey, the six-legged (boy) sausage hound.

I have been working with him all afternoon, in many variations. The above image turned out to be my favourite. There shall be many more to come!

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