Storms and tempests have always attracted artists with their visions of romanticism and apocalypse. Looking out of my window this wet stormy morning has inspired me to mark the occasion. So my February Painting of the Month is the award winning oil painting by Winifred Knights (1899-1947) entitled The Deluge. The Deluge with its limited palette, angular…
The Bayeux Tapestry – the Final Act
The Bayeux Tapestry. Those that have followed this site for a few years know that I have a love of this great Romanesque work of art. They will also recognise my admiration for the nineteenth century English copy in Reading Museum. Having some spare time in Reading recently I revisited the tapestry and was pleasantly…
Happy New Year from the White Box Art Channel
Wishing everyone a happy, prosperous and peaceful New Year for 2024. I have changed my header image for this evocative digital image by Robbie Shade of the place to be for Hogmanay – Edinburgh. It is pouring down with rain where we are on the Dorset coast as it has been for most of 2023….
Fra. Angelico, The Annunciation and Happy Christmas Everyone
… and here’s hoping for a peaceful New Year. My December Painting of the Month takes me further back than Christmas and the Nativity to a time when a reluctant young hero accepted what was her duty without fully realising the significance. Oh for such faith and hope! It also takes me back to a…
Fra. Angelico, The Annunciation and Happy Christmas Everyone
… and here’s hoping for a peaceful New Year. My December Painting of the Month takes me further back than Christmas and the Nativity to a time when a reluctant young hero accepted what was her duty without fully realising the significance. Oh for such faith and hope! It also takes me back to a…
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