by Patrick | Jan 29, 2026 | Environment, Lifestyle, photography, Remembrance, Travel, Uncategorized, wilderness
World War 2 hadn’t been over for two years yet. The British were still under a regime of rationing of food, clothing and fuel. The allocated rations were lower than they had been during World War 2 as supplies were diverted from Britain to feed starving peoples...
by Patrick | Jan 1, 2026 | art, art as language, Design, education, Environment, Lifestyle, photography, Travel, wilderness
Myths and legends form part of the culture of any nation. Norway only shook itself free of a union with Denmark and Sweden in 1814 and whilst much of its traditions are shared with those two Nordic nations, they have built on their own legends to foster and reinforce...
by Patrick | Oct 11, 2025 | art, art as language, Design, drawing, education, Environment, Lifestyle, painting, Remembrance
There has been a Ravilious room at Eastbourne’s Towner Gallery for quite a long time. Reworking now in a generous and long overdue space liberated by the addition of new galleries downstairs breathes new life into appreciating his short-lived genius. Ravilious is an...
by Patrick | Sep 29, 2025 | acrylicpainting, art, art as language, BRotS, Design, drawing, education, Environment, Garden, Lifestyle, painting, photography, Steps
It started with the weather images. Today I take them with a sophisticated digital camera (so far 3,600 images) but I started them in pre-digital times as small gouache paintings done very quickly and very small from my back doorstep in Lancashire. There I delighted...
by Patrick | Sep 10, 2025 | art, Design, education, Environment, Lifestyle
I’m a sucker for much of Victorian design. Inventive, creative, the birth of the machine age unleashed a wave of design, and the Victorians built an art college in every major English town to act as a seedbed for creative and revolutionary thinking. Whilst...
by Patrick | Jul 29, 2025 | acrylicpainting, art, art as language, Environment, Garden, Lifestyle, painting, pastels, photography
I was asleep but uncomfortable. It felt like there was a hot water bottle against my back. Yes of course it was the cat – progressed from walking along my spine to just waiting and heating. Blearily I looked at my watch. Just after six. Sun is rising. Yeah OK Sid, I...
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