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This is Me
Pleased to meet you. Welcome to the studio and a world full of colour, magic and mystery. See where I work, how I work, me working, works in progress and a finished piece.
Magical Earth and Stars
See around the exhibition where half of the paintings have connections to the Earth, with the other half being either stars or simply more cosmic.
Moved by the breeze ... Going around in circles
Watch the breeze move 'Going around in circles'.
Enjoy a couple of minutes rest and relaxation as the breeze animates my weaving 'Going around in circles'.
With music composed by @Alec_Dent
My new book ... leafing through Warm Red Earth
Enjoy my newly published book, with musical accompaniment by Alec Dent.
New exhibition: Warm Red Earth
Introducing La Chaude Terre Rouge - Warm Red Earth, a series of 9 paintings which have inspired @Alec_Dent to compose a piece of music, and for me to create a book.
The countryside around me
A glimpse of the countryside around where I live, and what inspires me.
Galerie Transformation
See how I transform a new space into my Galerie, and curate the first show.
Find me at 35 Place des Arcades, 47150, Monflanquin, France.
In the studio with Ruth
Get a sneak peek into my studio and see three paintings in progress, as well as the finished pieces - all from the Songs of the Ancient Earth series.
Music composed by Alec Dent.
Songs of the Ancient Earth
The first exhibition of summer 2024.
‘Songs of the Ancient Earth’ is a phrase which resonates deeply with me.
I felt its call earlier this year, and decided to call my summer exhibitions ‘Songs of the Ancient Earth’, and also to create new work under that title.
Upon reflection, I also realised that it feels like a thread that has been running through my work for a while.
I hope you will find songs within the paintings, and that perhaps they can help you remember some of your own ancient wisdom.
Music composed by Alec Dent.
Come On
An 'Art Video' using six-part artwork titled 'Come On', from the Shadow and Light series.
Music by Alec Dent
Along the Line
Photographs taken on a train journey from Riga to Daugavpils, in Latvia.
Music by Alec Dent.
Impressions of Réunion
Photographs taken during my visit to La Réunion, plus the artworks created whilst there.
Music by Alec Dent.
Impressions de la Réunion
A visit to the exhibition 'Impressions de la Réunion' at La Chapelle, Cancon, Lot et Garonne.
Music by Alec Dent.
Emerald Pools
Gathering water
Hustles, bustles
Rolling around
Bursting bubbles
Pouring water
Rushes apace
Diving deep
Jostling for space
Strolling water
Ambles along
Caressing edges
Humming its song
Pooling water
Quietly stirs
Inwardly reflective
Shimmering mirrors
The Stars and the Moon
Shining bright
In the dark dark night
The stars and the moon
Illuminate the gloom
Eyes glow
On Earth below
Sweeping the dark
For dazzling sparks
Reflected light
Shines bright tonight
As white holds sway
From so far away
Closer and closer must we go
To see the splendid colour-filled show
For in the dark, in the deep
Are the visions that we seek
Dancers
In a luminous space
Colours gyrate
As they move to and fro
With the musical flow
Spinning
Twirling
Smiling
Freely dancing
Go find a luminous space
Make those colours gyrate
As you move to and fro
With the musical flow
Spinning
Twirling
Smiling
Freely dancing
Q - Expressions
These small acrylics are expressions of my feelings during ‘lockdown’.
Away from the studio, and working on the dining room table, I deliberately limited myself to one, two or three colours. They can be emotionally raw, or combine the raw with gratitude for nature seen during my daily walks.
Quite often, I would setup colour clashes, and see what happened as the paint dried. Always interesting to see the flow and shapes that appear.
Each painting is presented mounted on foam, with a hook, so easy to hang, enjoy and live with.
Portrait 25cm x 15cm, or landscape 15cm x 25cm, all on BFK Rives paper.
Looking Back
A different view
Leads away
Arrives with you
Here today
Twists and turns
Surprises too
No return
To a previous you
Challenges faced
Monsters tamed
You’ve sung and danced
My! … How you’ve changed!
Escape
Wanders
Narrow alleyways
Touches
Ancient stones
Glimpses
Sky-light
Brushes
Vegetation
Sees
Surprising vistas
Discovers
Ladders
Notices
Cloud patterns
Inspires
Imagination
The Crossing Place
Paths meet
Grids greet
Walls display
Our way today
Lanes wander
Over yonder
Fingers follow
River’s flow
Footsteps rattle
Alleys cackle
Walk, skip
On every trip
You go your way, and
I’ll go mine
Sun-beams, or
Moon-shine
Skyhorse
Clouds jostle
Thunder ripples
Sky rings
Fuming
Waves surge
Bubbles burst
Crests rise
Clashing
Sparks fly
Eye spy
Tail spin
Galloping
Blue rolling
Yellow whirring
White silence
Green glimpsed
Bluebells
Beguiling
Loved-Ones
Unleash
Emotions.
Bewitching,
Elegant,
Liminal;
Lusciously
Serene.
Glacial Burst
Impenetrable, frozen white light
Echoes and creeps
With a deep resonance
Nobody hears
Infinitesimal movement
Gathers apace
Pushing forward
Over the edge
Form and perspective shift
Crystals dissolve
Bonds break
Structures collapse
Mass shrinkage yields liquid from solid
Raising the game
Colours swirl
Ripples melt
At the fall, the wave
Bursting with energy
Is there anyone there?
Who do you see?
Orange spatters swarming over an arc
Liquid lime floats
Swallowing blank space
Soaking
Flooding
Sinking into a pool
Scooped up and away
Red splashes brightly down
Creeping
Merging
Oxide darkens and mottles crevices
Softening sharp green
Turning red to rust
Let's go for a drive
See the trees swirl past.
We move, they move,
Our eyes sense speed as elongated shapes slip away,
Impossible to catch in their entirety.
I appear, as a tree - as trees, at intermittent intervals,
Rushing past or attempting to keep up, to remain in focus.
That's the point:
Blurred focus gives a sense and a feeling as to what is there,
And what is there, amongst the trees that dance, slip and rush by?
Visions of quiet.
Inspired by passing,
Slowly.
And of seeing the mesh,
Touching, feeling and looking deep within, from without.
Can you remember how you felt in the rush and the calm?
I only ask because you can always watch again,
And again.
Messengers
Who is waiting on your path?
A winding path. A fallen tree.
A winter walk. What might you see?
A fallen tree trunk blocks the way, forcing us to duck to continue.
As we slow down, what thoughts and messages might we receive?
And who are the messengers?
Why artworks, of course!
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Moonlight Shadow
It's a dark night and there's a bright full moon.
I ventured out into the darkness and captured the clouds creeping across the sky. Masking the light until it burst forth to look one straight in the eye.
Then added some artworks.
Why ‘Moonlight Shadow’?
Well ... Moonlight Shadow by Mike Oldfield is one of my favourite songs to dance or sing-along to, and very likely to make it into my selection for Desert Island Discs should I ever be asked along!
“No - I promise, I am not singing in this video!”.
It’s soundtrack is deep and reverberating - and don’t take my word for it. Take a look and listen and see what you think ...
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