Long May She Rain : July 2011

Lucian Freud 1922 - 2011

One of my favourite British painters. No-one can capture such raw spirit in paint as Freud, I am constantly in awe at the vitality of his portraits, how he carefully depicts those he loved, or those that he only bonded with through the process of making art. I greatly respect his admiration and care of animals, and how he painted them as respectfully as his other sitters. He was unafraid of presenting the reality of the body, be it pregnancy, ageing, illness or disability. This should ensure his work is accessible to all, for his paintings aren't perfection, they're human.

Lucian Freud in 1947, aged 25

Double Portrait
1985-86

Ib and her husband

Annabel Sleeping

1987 - 1988

Girl with a white dog
1951-1952

Art loses another great master.

Looking back at the allotment

It's been a year since graduation (though I don't want to believe it!) and i think it might be time for me to start looking at some of my past work again. Mostly because I am planning a massive re-vamp of the website, so want to start thinking about which work I want to feature, and how! (it's proving difficult)

I am about to start reading "Defiant Gardens - making gardens in war time" by Kenneth I. Helphand which I am hoping will help me with some new ideas! I brought it whilst assisting Henry&Bragg at RHS wisley, they have such a fantastic book shop there.

So here are a few photographs from last year I have found, I will be re-scanning negatives over the next month, see if I will find any forgotten gems! I also want to start photographing it again very soon.

I would just like to add, if anyone thinks my photo's are a tad too "Sunday Supplement" (as one particular UCA lecturer was always too glad to point out!) then I would like to say, EXCELLENT! And I am very open to weekend publication features, just let me know! ;)

Keeping on topic with lovely nature, here is a little friend I made the other day! My dog always sits on the window sill in my parents room to keep an eye out for pedestrians/dogs/cats, and she was very bewildered to see this little chap staring back at her! NO idea what type of baby bird he was (please tell me if you do!) but he made a very high pitched "PEEP PEEP" noise, and worriedly my mum dreadfully with how he was perching on the window ledge! He flew off quite happily, don't worry!

My final piece of news is I did get onto the Historical Studies course at Winchester, but i've decided to take a bit of time to consider all sensible options for the rest of this year. But hooray! They liked me! :) AND the Museum of Farnham volunteering is going nicely! More news on that soon.

Thanks,

Katie

Arles 2011 Part Two

Now time for the Yashica pictures from our week in Arles- the first two days are missing due to the fact I was bed ridden with a horrible cold/headache monstrosity, just my luck! I managed to get better for the rest of the week, but not enough that I was able to catch up with the amount of cheese and alcohol the rest of the group was consuming, maybe next time!! Expect some scary seafood in the set...and some obligatory cute cats!