To commemorate Burns Night, the greatest Scottish poet (tonight) I have compiled a special video of Scottish artists and artists associated with the National Galleries of Scotland. Favorites of mine include Allan Ramsay, Anya Gallaccio,Duncan Grant George Leslie Hunter, Glenn Onwin, RB Kitaj,Joseph Crawhall, Norman Edgar, Oskar Kokoschka and Robert Burns! Which are yours? ToContinue reading “Scottish artists – A celebration”
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Stone Hats and a Shoe Tree
A tree displaying shoes in Nevada gives a whole new meaning to the term ‘shoe tree’ (a device for preserving the shape of the shoe). These instruments are also made from wood – but there the similarity ends. What intrigues me about all these shoes is how they have managed to display them all, securing them into what looksContinue reading “Stone Hats and a Shoe Tree”
Weird and Wacky – Clock this!
It’s ages since I wrote a weird and wacky post. As far as I know I’ve never written a post featuring clocks. I just couldn’t ignore these unusual ones! For people with time to kill how about this ‘Killing Time’ piece. I’m not too sure about the fake blood – and I wouldn’t fancy being underneath itContinue reading “Weird and Wacky – Clock this!”
Tomorrows Party – Dame Barbara Hepworth
Tomorrow is the birthday of British sculptress Dame Barbara Hepworth b.1903 – 1975 – I shouldn’t really call Hepworth a sculptress – as she believed in equality of the sexes, especially in the arts. I am putting this post on today because it’s a week since I posted – and I don’t want to get into badContinue reading “Tomorrows Party – Dame Barbara Hepworth”
The Ghosts of 2010
Although I have cut down on my posts from one per day to one every 4 or 5 days in 2010 starting in August, I managed 256 posts. I hope to improve on this year and continue to build up Bookstains, which is proving popular. This year Echostains celebrated 16 artists birthdays (another area I intend toContinue reading “The Ghosts of 2010”
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