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Moira Carter
May 30, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Barbara Hepworth
Love this! It's called 'Pelagos' and was made in 1946, Hepworth used Elm for this sculpture - that curve, the finish, the pale, pale...
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Moira Carter
May 23, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Ogata Kōrin
Irises by Ogata Kōrin In my bookcase is a copy of the Royal Academy catalogue for The Great Japan Exhibition, held in 1981. I went with...
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Moira Carter
May 18, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Anita Klein
Following a train of thought here - my last blog was about Paula Rego and her dancing ostriches ...she has also drawn angels and Anita...
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Moira Carter
May 16, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Paula Rego
Paula Rego tends to paint in series - collections - often based on popular subjects such as fairy tales, dogs ... and ballerinas....
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Moira Carter
May 12, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Vanessa Garwood
I noticed this gorgeous life drawing by Vanessa Garwood on Pinterest. I love to draw figures myself so seeing a really good life drawing...
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Moira Carter
May 11, 20172 min read
Inspiring Artist of the Day - Vojtěch Preissig
Now I love a second hand book shop - you never know what you will find and sometimes it's a gem! I'll always end up in the book shop when...
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Moira Carter
May 10, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Matsumoto Hoji
“Frog” by Matsumoto Hoji from a picture album, “Meika Gafu”, 1814 My all time favourite Japanese print by Matsumoto Hoji. Those of you...
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Moira Carter
May 9, 20172 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Leonardo da Vinci
The artist I most wanted to draw like when I was about fifteen. I so wanted to be able to draw an angel like the one we see here in...
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Moira Carter
May 7, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the Day - Max Ernst
In my last blog in this series I mentioned that I'd happily stuff Sargent's 'Carnation, Lily,Lily, Rose' under my coat and steal it away...
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Moira Carter
May 6, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day : John Singer Sargent
Another of my first loves... his painting Carnation Lily, Lily, Rose. This painting in the words of Charles Richard Cammell - one of the...
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Moira Carter
May 5, 20172 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day : Sir Edward Burne-Jones
The first painting I fell in love with was 'King Cophetua and the Beggar maid'... I was around six or maybe eight years old, when dad had...
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Moira Carter
May 4, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artists of the day - Lucienne Day
Textile designer - a seminal moment in the history of textile design - Calyx furnishing fabric, 1951: What's not to admire?! It was free...
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Moira Carter
May 3, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Sally Anne Fitter
Love these paintings, the colour, texture, pattern - I think she uses collage in there too - just fabulous! #moirarae #moiraraecarter...
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Moira Carter
May 2, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the Day - Picasso!
Yes, I know, not everyone's cup of tea, and my best friend Elaine was suitably unimpressed when I asked her to join me and Mum on a visit...
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Moira Carter
May 1, 20171 min read
Inspring Artist of the day - Cy Twombly
"An Artist of selective abandon" - as the New York Times called him. You have to see this - it's huge - it's freedom on an epic scale....
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Moira Carter
Apr 27, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - James Leman
Each time I look at his work I am stunned by the brilliance and the audacity of it. James Leman not only designed but wove the fabric...
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Moira Carter
Apr 25, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Ben Nicholson
Bonus Artist this week - I just adore the work of Ben Nicholson! A Master of subtlety - such precise, understated yet superb...
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Moira Carter
Apr 24, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Barry Steadman
Artist and Potter - or is that Potter and Artist?! Either way I love the freedom in his work... I seem to be mentioning Freedom a lot!...
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Moira Carter
Apr 18, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Leon Bakst
Fantastic figures full of action, amazing ballet costumes for the Ballet Russes. Great patterns and figures - I feel like I'm getting to...
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Moira Carter
Apr 11, 20171 min read
Inspiring Artist of the day - Maxfield Parrish
Consummate draughtsman, superb anatomical drawing with a colour sense beyond the pale. Parrish worked as an illustrator, most of his...
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