Camp Follower

13 Saturday Mar 2021

Posted by Candia in Architecture, History, Humour, Photography, Travel

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amphitheatre, black and white photography, historical costume, portraiture, poseur, Re-Enactment, Roman, Turkey

Turkey. Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

He did me a favour as I found a low denomination note under the stone seating in the amphitheatre after he left. It wasn’t his, but he slowed me down so that I noticed it!

La Fille Aux Orchidees

15 Tuesday Oct 2019

Posted by Candia in art, Personal

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acrylics, Chris Ofili, Henri Rousseau, naive style, nose stud, orchids, portraiture, re-vitalised paintings

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Don’t quite know how this image evolved. I had painted a tangle of orchids and no longer liked it. I rolled over it in red craft acrylic, but you could still see the shadows of the orchids. There was a gap at the centre, so I thought I’d paint a silhouette of a woman’s face. The black acrylic I used was cheap and so it was slightly transparent. I started to enjoy the naive style and the girl’s over-slender neck. I gave her some gold leaf ear-rings and a nose stud and… voila! It is not Chris Ofili – no elephant dung was utilised in the process. It isn’t Henri Rousseau – no tiger attacking her, but her eyes are mesmeric. What do you think? It is not my usual style – whatever that is!