A Close Encounter with a Stag, a Wedding Reunion and J.M.W Turner; my last two weeks summed up!
I have some exciting news to share, I’ll be moving art studio from my humble shack to a pristine, light and white walled room (just down the corridor)! I’ll be moving (sharing the whole process) on the 2nd June, and so I have been working my socks off the last two weeks to afford the double rent I’ll need to pay…and the trip to Florence I had booked in advance for next week. It’s a dream come true and I can’t wait to show you the pics!
On the 24th April, my sister Liana got married to her lovely Hubby Mark. I have five sisters in total and most of them live up North near Liverpool/Manchester, England. Long story short, some of us only discovered each other much later in life due to personal circumstances. This wedding was a special moment for the four of us that went. The wedding was held in Liverpool and so my boyfriend and I decided to visit Tatton Park as a Pitt stop, due to our long drive from Brighton. I was really glad that I could test out my DSLR camera and the fact we came across some Stags. Below is a photo I took of one..
I photographed this tame Stag from 2 meters away in Tatton Park, Knutsford. It seemed really at ease even though I was close by.
Me dolled up for Liana’s Wedding
We also took the opportunity to explore Liverpool’s art galleries, especially the Tate at Albert Dock. There we saw JMW Turner's and Lamin Fofana’s art collaboration, ‘Dark Water’s. I was already a great fan of Turner’s and after seeing that show I was a greater fan! I hadn’t realised that Turner also work with Watercolour extensively and I found his watercolours of boats and seascapes beautifully haunting and effectively simplistic. Lamin’s sound accompaniment really accentuated the raw emotion found in Turner’s art. It was a beautiful exhibition and I really recommend it! I believe it’s open till the 24th September this year.
Lastly, I couldn’t write this blog without mentioning this lovely art piece below, that is in homage to the 250 years of working horses in Liverpool. Joe and I discovered this sculpture along Albert Dock.
‘Waiting’ by Judy Boyt, Sculpture, 2010
I really love to see an artwork that pays tribute to the labours that animals have endured for humanity and I particularly like the way the artist has replicated the detail of the horses’s hair.