I’m delighted to be joining Hampshire Open Studios 2018, it will be my first time taking part in this big annual event! In the week leading up to the August bank holiday 250 studios, galleries, artists and art groups will open their doors. In excess of 500 artists exhibit original […]
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No. 9 of my 2018 world series challenge is the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbour. The copper statue, designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel was a gift from the people of […]
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While I was researching images for my Mount Fuji painting I found myself getting sidetracked into reading about the traditions and history of the area around the famous peak. In particular the details of a temple or shinto shrine. The ritual of visiting these locations is intricate and fascinating… so […]
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No. 8 of my 2018 world series challenge is Mount Fuji, Japan. Mount Fuji (富士山 ), located on Honshu Island, is the highest mountain in Japan (12,389 ft). It lies about 60 miles south-west of Tokyo (and can be seen from there on a clear day) and is an active volcano that last erupted in 1708. Mount Fuji’s symmetrical cone, which is snow-capped […]
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No. 7 of my 2018 world series challenge is the V&A Waterfront Cape Town. The coastal city of Cape Town (Kaapstad in Afrikaans) is the second-most populous urban area in South Africa after Johannesburg. It is also the capital and primate city of the Western Cape province. The city is famous for its harbour and for such well-known landmarks as Table […]
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No. 6 of my 2018 world series challenge is the Berliner Fernsehturm. The television tower close to Alexanderplatz in Berlin-Mitte was constructed between 1965 and 1969 by the government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It is easily visible throughout the central and some suburban districts of Berlin. Its height of 368 metres (including antenna) is the tallest structure […]
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