Beach-Combing Magpie

Far from the beach, but still surrounded by treasure of all kinds just ready to be found, looked at, gloated over, gleaned and swiped or simply created! Here are my latest finds....

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

The Enigmatic Saltonstall Painting...

In amongst the beautiful works of early 17th century portraiture in the Tate Britain is this fascinating group portrait painting. At firs...

Silky Chiffon... Hisbiscus Syriacus.

The intense heat is beating down so I escaped to the garden centre to have the impression of cool temperatures whilst amongst the flowers,...

Sunday, August 10, 2025

Threads and Veins... Tudor Portraiture.

There is something about Tudor portraiture that serves as a powerful antidote to all the ugliness, sleaziness and general indolence that a...

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

A Squabble of Seagulls...

The oil painting above - Line Fishing Season © the artist's estate. Image credit: The Box, Plymouth - is that of an artist that I had...

A Fine Beast on a Facade...

As I come back home on the same old route, stuck in the traffic going in the opposite direction to the morning trip, I likewise look out ...

The Past behind Une Place in Reims...

Typically getting held up at the same traffic lights most days, as my mind dwells on the usually niggling tasks to carry out, I also end u...

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Wonder and Warmth from Lantern Light...

During a recent return trip to the Tate Britain , I was yet again almost inexplicably drawn to three specific paintings, much as a moth to...

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