The bluebells, daffs (and frogs) think it’s Spring at Kenwood. Not sure about he temperature…
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Is it Spring?
Posted in Affordable art, Art, Bridge, Colour, English countryside, English Heritage, Flowers, gardens, Hampstead, Highgate, Kenwood, Landscape, Light, London view, Natural history, Painting, plants, ponds, reflections, water, watercolour on April 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Seed heads, William Morris House garden
Posted in Affordable art, Art, Flowers, Form, gardens, Light, Painting, plants, watercolour on February 2, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Fascinating textures and soft winter colours, these thistle heads intrigued:
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Peace Lily and Poppy Heads
Posted in Affordable art, Art, Colour, Flowers, Painting, plants, Still life, watercolour on July 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »
This evergreen Spathiphyllum has lasted well. It produces wonderful shapes. The slender flowers are hooded and the leaves spear like. Even more attractive when they wilt slightly! And I almost prefer the heads to the flowers of the poppy…
Monet’s Garden at Giverny
Posted in Affordable art, Art, Flowers, gardens, Landscape, Painting, ponds, reflections, water, watercolour on March 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Here’s one of Monet’s beautiful garden at Giverny. The flowers in the foreground offer quite a challenge!
Double sunflower
Posted in Art, Flowers, gardens, Painting, watercolour, tagged Sunflower on September 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Grown from seed this particular sunflower is double headed with one large and a smaller bloom.
A fine day at Alexandra Palace
Posted in Alexandra Palace, Art, English countryside, Flowers, gardens, Landscape, Painting, watercolour on July 8, 2021| 1 Comment »
It was a lovely sunny day for the launch of the Artists Walk at Ally Pally. There was dance, poetry, sculpture and the 2D works of 28 Haringey artists. As reported in the ‘Ham & High’ the event runs until the 30th September and ‘is a wonderful opportunity …the grounds are accessible to everyone and the trail offers a healthy way to take in art outside the traditional gallery space’. The park was looking beautiful and the wild flower beds so fresh …
Rhododendron walk at Kenwood
Posted in Art, English country house, English countryside, English Heritage, Flowers, gardens, Hampstead, Light, Natural history, Painting, People, plants, watercolour on June 8, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Beautiful blossom in the grounds of Kenwood House, Hampstead – and the cafe is open! One favourite part is the garden to the side of the house with a side walk of rhododendron bushes – casting light, shade and colour. One mother and daughter also were admiring the blooms.
New Year
Posted in Art, Flowers, Fruit, plants, watercolour on January 3, 2021| 2 Comments »
Cherry Blossom Time
Posted in Art, Colour, Flowers, gardens, Painting, watercolour, tagged Cherry Blossom on April 9, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Waterlilies from Kew’s Aquatic Collection
Posted in Affordable art, Art, Flowers, Kew, Painting, plants, ponds, watercolour on May 29, 2019| 1 Comment »
The Dale Chihuly glass sculptures are magnificient and colourful. But in the Lily House the white ‘blooms’ showed the newly flowering lilies to perfection and the reflections of the sculptures in the water made for an interesting backdrop. More to come….
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