Lengthened Shadows

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Emerson, lengthened shadows, Sweeney Agonistes, T S Eliot

Reference to Emerson and T S Eliot

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

The lengthened shadow of a man is History, said Emerson,

Who had not seen the silhouette

of Sweeney straddled in the sun…

Warning

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deep water, drowning, moat, Not Waving But Drowning, Stevie Smith, warning

I am trying my best!

‘Not Waving, but Drowning’ poem comes to mind. Stevie Smith.

Summer’s Lease Hath All Too Short A Day

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Autumn, decay, end of summer, every fair from fair sometime declines, momento mori, nasturtium, poignant beauty, Shakespeare, Sonnet 18, still life

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Parp! Parp!

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Highnam Court Gardens, Kenneth Grahame, Mr Toad, parp parp!, Rolls Royce, Toad, Toad Hall, Wind in the Willows, wooden sculpture

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Coronet

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Frankfurt-am-Main, gentleman, Goethe, silhouette, upcycling

Artwork by Candia Dixon-Stuart

I did this silhouette drawing based on a postcard that I bought

at the Goethe House in Frankfurt in 1970. I decided to upcycle it

with a bit of photo manipulation and the addition of a wonky

crown.

Bookshop Floor

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bookshop, carp, flooring, interior design, lily pond, water lilies

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Little Match Girl

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child labour, fairy tale, grandmother, Hans Christian Andersen, Little Match Girl, salvation

Acylic Painting by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Rapunzel

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acrylic painting, Fairy Tale series, Grimms Fairy Tales, long hair, Rapunzel, witch

Hannah More (1745-1833)

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anti-slavery, bas bleu, Belmont, Blagdon, Clapham set, Cowslip Green, Fishponds, Hannah More, Mendip Hills, nervous breakdown, philanthropist, religious tracts, Tyntesfield, Walpole

Hannah More by Pickersgill

A quennet for a woman who made a fortune with her pen:

 

fourth daughter   Gloucestershire born   Mendip Hills

poetic landscape

religious tracts   pastoral plays   Sunday education

nervous collapse

‘strange affair’    Bleeding Rock   jilted female

small annuity

bas bleu

Blagdon cottage

Clapham Sect

petticoat bishop

Cowslip Green

anti-slavery

bold philanthropist

strange plays   female education    pastoral landscape

religious rock.

 

 

Pandemic Pastimes

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absorption, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam, Old Masters, pandemic pastimes, re-interpretation, reading

Photo I captured of a paper napkin my friend issued me yesterday. It apparently came from the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge, so full marks to the artist and some free publicity!