A MAGIC CARPET

 yo!.. Persian Rug.. innit!

I was in art class..

one day in 1970..

and I had this really great black brush stroke..

on this otherwise poor..

painting that I was doing..

the lecturer commented upon how this mark was very strong..

and I was hooked..

over the years..

I developed a style that consisted of a mixture of..

soft focus and bold gesture..

and nowhere is this more evident than in the..

FIGURES IN A SOUK

now it should be realised that not all figures..

are people..

squares and circles etc..

are figures too..

so an abstract figuration can be realised..

These blue stripes above..

are what lead to the more human figures..

and for a while they were, together with the square..

all that was there..

some time later..

I started to develop the figures..

and they became more 'real'

it's interesting to me..

that I am no happier with the new figures than the old..

one is not 'better' than the other..

it just happens when I paint..

I see them emerge..

and try not to cramp their style..

ON MY PERSIAN RUG

is a song

hope you like it..

because this is all one souk..

knowledge is finite..

imagination is infinite..

and all of life is in the souk..

it's a magic carpet ride..

figuresinasouk.com

HOME FROM THE SEA

virginia stuart..

loves to be beside the seaside..

her's is a marine life..

a sun bather and beach comber..

artist and sculptor..

she brings home the fruits..

of time and the weather..

sweet molly malone

she sells sea shells


CREATE AND SURVIVE


virginia has created her own medium..

her own version of papier mache..

which is derived from her ceramic work..

she prefers the paper medium to clay..

even though it's new and surprising..

for collectors..

home from the sea

top view

yes that is a ring around a shell..

and yes..

suspended stones from the shingle beach..

and silk thread..

all the works are..

original and unique..



https://pixels.com/profiles/virginia-stuart/collections/sea+pieces