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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Fabulous Neolithic Art
I feel extremely fortunate to have seen as much Neolithic art as I have. Here on Anglesey there are some excellent examples of rock art still within its context, dating from four thousand years before the current era. It’s incredible … Continue reading
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Trefignath
Photos from the Trefignath burial mound near Holyhead, on Anglesey, showing two of the chambers. In the third shot you can see a band of quartz crystals that were on the back wall of the largest of the three chambers. … Continue reading
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Inspiration
I still love this stuff as much as ever. Anglesey, North Wales. This was the last stronghold of the druids before they were annihilated by Agricola, who slaughtered them and overthrew the sacred groves. There’s not a single stone circle … Continue reading
Spent the last couple of days hiking in the Borders of England and Scotland, first in Lancashire where the Emperor Hadrian built his two thousand year old wall, walking past the quarries from whence the legions cut its stones and … Continue reading
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At Rosslyn
Having been held up in both Los Angeles and Heathrow airports, I’ve arrived in Edinburgh with our students and made a delightful trip to Rosslyn Chapel, where Christian symbolism runs riot in an extraordinary display of stone carving. Here allegory … Continue reading
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The boney crowd grows, and Tony Pro comes to lunch
We’re crazed at the university these days, in the midst of exam week and a frenzy of grading large stacks of drawings and paintings, but I squeezed in a few hours of painting time today, enjoying the company of my students Kiah … Continue reading
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A big day today, with many skulls added to the foreground accompanied by loud music and plenty of tea. I’m feeling quite optimistic that I’ll be able to find a few more really solid days of work this week, which … Continue reading
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Bone machine
I’m back in the studio and in better shape, but still misfiring now and then. The bone painting machine is going in full force now, filling the lower half of the canvas with crania. A pigment note – I picked … Continue reading
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