Watercolour at Tate Britain

A visit to Tate Britain (as opposed to Tate Modern) for the first time to see this glorious exhibition called ‘Watercolour’. The exhibition covers watercolur from illuminated manuscripts, maps and botanical illustrations to modern paintings by Tracey Emin and Anish Kapoor. So it covers a lot  – the history of watercolour in Britain – but [...]

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Spectacular Indulgence

In the Brighton Museum and Gallery, before I entered the Radical Bloomsbury exhibition, there was also work by Ivon Hitchens, Paul Nash, Walker Sickert and Ben Nicholson. So much better in real life. In the same grounds as the Brighton Museum is the Royal Pavilion, built for the Prince Regent, later King George IV, in [...]

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Oh to be in England!

I’ve just taken a glance at The Telegrapgh online and their Arts page – and I am just hankering to be back there and see some art..take a look at this selection: Henry Moore at Tate Britain Michelangelo’s Dream at the Courtauld Gallery Paul Nash at Dulwich Picture Gallery Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective at Tate [...]

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Paul Nash, British artist

This text comes from The Telegraph, reviewing first London exhibition of Nash’s work since 1975. But the words just felt liking coming howm to me! – like “a beautiful, legendary country haunted by old gods long forgotten.” I’m not the only one with a fascination of Britain and it’s long history. And it seems to [...]

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