Today is the anniversary of when the famous painting ‘The Scream’ by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863 – 1944) was recovered undamaged where it was first stolen in February 1994 from the Oslo Museum. It had been missing nearly 3 months. Artist and printmaker Munch explored themes of madness, jealousy and sexual awakening, among other psychological states. His childhood was tragic. HisContinue reading “Scream, Scream and Scream Again!”
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Masquerade – A celebration of Masks
Inspired by my Ghost of Christmas Past on my Echostains insta, I’ve resurrected a video I made for my art blog (echostains). It’s all about masks 😷 It’s been a while since I posted. I have been busy compiling another video – a a celebration of masks from history, cultures and of course art. The mostContinue reading “Masquerade – A celebration of Masks”
Poetry contribution
Here’s my poetry contribution for the ‘Freeflowing poetry challenge’. It’s over on my other blog ‘Bookstains’. I hope you enjoy it and join in! An excellent idea of from the Artroadshow!
My 500th post
It’s not really my 500th post – that was yesterday, but I wanted to commemorate the Titanic. I have been playing around with WordPress’ slide show tutorial and I thought what could be more fitting than to try to make a slide show of some of the items I have featured on my blog so far. Starting inContinue reading “My 500th post”
My 427th post summary
I thought that it was time for a little summing up of what’s been happening on here. This is my 427th post now. So far (fingers crossed) I have managed to blog very nearly every day last year. My goal for this year is not to miss one day out. What am I finding to blogContinue reading “My 427th post summary”
Echostains – what exactly is it’
People are always asking me how I came up with such unusual name like ‘Echostains’ for a blog. Echostains began was a project I did at University. That project has now seen many changes, but it is still alive and kicking. I am still exploring communication through art, though now the communication is through theContinue reading “Echostains – what exactly is it’”
My art experiments – Pretend playing in the pretend snow
Time for some more art experiments: I was going through some pics taken when the snow was about (shhhhhh, better whisper in case it hears me and comes back …) and I thought I’d have a bit of fun with the images. These are the pics I took – yes, nothing special to write home about,Continue reading “My art experiments – Pretend playing in the pretend snow”
A room with a view or two – exploring perspectives
I was playing about with some paint the other day and thought I would do a tonal piece with some interesting perspective incorporated. As I’d recently been watching some old DVD’s of the 70s series The Onedin Line, and was inspired by the idea of a ship’s cabin undergoing a storm on the high seas –Continue reading “A room with a view or two – exploring perspectives”
