Painted from photo taken in 2013 in the Kindertransport Museum in Cologne. This lady was one of the many young Jewish children saved from the Nazi death camps. They were put on grey buses to airports and then flown to the UK, Ireland, US and other countries in 1938. Most of the parents did not survive the war.
Dawn Wall
El Capitan, Yosemite National Park. A vertical rock formation located on the north side of the valley over 900m high. As you stand under the wall you can see climbers working their way up the wall. When we were there, Memorial Day 1996, it was normal for climbs to take up to 14 days. In the mornings the sun hits the top of the wall from the East and creates this spectacular display.
Antibes 2021
Monet painted the castle at Antibes many times. Antibes is a favourite place of mine and I have also painted it more than once. See Antibes 2020.
Cathkin Peak 2021
In 1984 we walked 5 days through the Drakensberg wilderness area on the 2000m contour path from below Cathkin Peak (above) to the Nddema Gorge.
Table Mountain 2021
A very familiar view to me from my many visits to Cape Town.
Les Alpilles, Provence 2021
This seminal view, a favourite of Van Gogh is seen just a short drive from Remy St Provence. I was last there in 2005.
Half Dome Yosemite 2021
The view from the valley floor. Although I sketched this view on Memorial Day 1996, I will admit this is sourced from web images.
After Monet: Antibes 2020
A favourite place, easy to reach from Nice, where I went many times to the TI European Education Centre. The Picasso Museum, overlooking the Med is amazing.
After Monet: Figure en Plein Air 2020
At The Cafe Concert 2020
A liberal interpretation of the Cafe Concert by Edouard Manet
Clint 2020
Novel Coffee 2020
Moody Blue 2020
Dead or Alive? 2019
Landscape 2019
Rubbish, 2019
A reminder. Also a study in movement of inanimate objects.
Lady in Yellow Straw Hat 2019
Expressionist study based on work by Jawlinsky.
Lady in Blue Turban, 2019
Expressionist study based on work by Jawlinsky.
Remembering Walls, 2018
From video archive in the Art Akademie Berlin
Berlin Holocaust Memorial, 2018
This entire memorial covers perhaps a hectare of Berlin just north of Alexander Platz, right in the centre of the city. The blocks are huge and all different sizes. You can walk between the blocks and very quickly find yourself almost buried and losing your bearings. Yet because the memorial is right in the centre of Berlin the city buildings and parks are ever present; a permanent reminder of mans’ inhumanity to man.
Still Life in Black: Something black, something to wear, plus a glass object. 2018
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