Last week we visited Kew Gardens. This was not our first visit but we concentrated on the Palm House this time as it will soon close for a major refurbishment. Decimus Burton and Richard Turner unveiled this astonishing iron‑and‑glass cathedral of the tropics in London in the 1840s. Even now, the great curving ribs overhead…
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I am a student at University Oxford in Art History. I have an eclectic taste in Fine Art ranging from Medieval to post modern and enjoy painting, sculpture and architecture. I am now retired having had careers in Coal Mining, Water Supply and Construction.
The Istanbul Modern
Istanbul is a city we have been meaning to visit for years and we finally arrived a few days ago. But what to write about. The architecture of the old city is amazing from the Byzantine Hagia Sofia to the seventeenth century Blue Mosque. But I have chosen the Museum of Modern Art a few…
Sandro Botticelli and The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus could be regarded as one of the most iconic paintings in Western Art, but is not without controversy. I have chosen it as my painting of the month for January for a number of reasons. Firstly it is also iconic for its representation of a new beginning; Venus appears from the sea at…
Happy Christmas from White Box Art
Not quite Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, but nevertheless my Christmas painting for this year. I have always wandered how things of great beauty can become so commercial and, dare I say tacky. And this poor beast has suffered this fate over the years. Sir Edward Landseer already had a reputation for painting and sculpture…
Happy Christmas from White Box Art
Not quite Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer, but nevertheless my Christmas painting for this year. I have always wandered how things of great beauty can become so commercial and, dare I say tacky. And this poor beast has suffered this fate over the years. Sir Edward Landseer already had a reputation for painting and sculpture…
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