Friday, 28 March 2014

Leeds City Art Gallery and train stitching

There's something about seeing a favourite artwork for the first time in the flesh  after only seeing it in  print/on the web.  My treat on Wednesday while in Leeds for  a meeting  was seeing Paul Nash's 'The Shore(1923) ' in the City Art Gallery  in the 20 minutes I had  spare before catching my train. I'd gone to see 'Winter Sea' again  but I think I have a false memory  of seeing it there as the postcard I have is from York!
 
  
'The Shore' and various other works  based on Dymchurch, gave me a lot of inspiration on compositions when I was working on 'Bexhill Breakwaters'
 
On the train home, stitching with my snarled, enlarged tangle of threads ( it keeps getting added to!) pulling out colours for one of the journal quilts made of scraps inspired by Rydal, thinking of the  main type of sewing I do on trains, planning my indigo vat this summer

 

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3 comments:

  1. Marian Hall29 March 2014 at 12:35

    You've inspired me to look at Paul Nash! Thank you.

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  2. Sandra Wyman30 March 2014 at 11:03

    And you're inspiring me to do more hand-stitching.

    And Paul Nash is one of my favourites too

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  3. Vicki Miller30 March 2014 at 12:24

    I love his wittenham clumps drawings and paintings

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