Tag: mondrian
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Fly Over
Things I have learnt this weekend… Sometimes (OK, most times) it is worthwhile to put a bit of effort into something if you want it to work out. I know, I know, it sounds completely obvious when I put it like that but I have come to realise that up until now, I have expected…
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Block
So, I was reading about Mondrian on the train journey down here. How his life’s work was the distillation of the nature he saw around him into a flattened, rigorous, restrained, taut analysis – the grids we are so familiar with. Mondrian plays on my mind quite a lot. The ubiquity of his work…
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Different strokes
So, I am on a painting retreat. OH is very kindly looking after the boys while I spend a weekend away, equipped with paints, pastels, paper and, I hope, purpose. I even read an academic text on Mondrian and how he developed his style on the way down here. Want to see this week’s life…
Sophie Wardle 