The news this week has been dire in terms of wanton murder of children and teachers in Pakistan and hearing of the eight children found stabbed to death in Queensland. These two incidents seem to have wrapped up what has been a tumultuous year for man’s inhumanity to man, and in the 100th anniversary of […]
I like pies and sunsets
Regular readers will know that I like cake and there is nothing better on the earth than Mrs O’s Dundee cake closely followed by her exquisite lemon and black pepper cake. Not in the same sitting I might add. No, that would not work at all. The lemon cake is a Ruby Tandoh recipe. Look […]
I thought of Ian Moss
As I was cycling around this morning make pictorial notes of research sites for more in-depth studies I discovered this relic and immediately thought of Ian Moss, not that he is in any way a relic, but rather I think, this is something he might be drawn (sic) to. These are just pictorial notes. […]
Seagull watches over Searcher
In 1979 I was on the commissioning crew of HMRC Searcher. She was a 30m craft built in Lowestoft by Brooke Marine. I had a fabulous time on that shake down cruise circumnavigating Great Britain through a particularly stormy 4 months. This morning the current day Searcher and nothing remotely like what I served on […]
A thing of beauty
The Taylor Wessing 2014 catalogue dropped through my letterbox on Saturday. In it, there is an article on Beauty written by Eamonn McCabe. It is a well written article and I believe I have seen some of the images before at one of Eamonn’s talks. I had certainly heard the stories before in small group […]
Today I saw the Princes Street Kingfisher
It has been weeks now since I sighted the regular Kingfisher near the Princes Street Bridge on the Gipping. I had wondered whether it had moved to open waters and a saltier environment rather than this mixed tidal and freshwater section. These delightful small predators raise my vibrations no matter what else is going on […]
Biblical weather affects graduation ceremony. Photographers in the dark (and dry)
Yesterday was Trafalgar Day, Mrs O’s birthday, dry rot discovery day (historical) and graduation day for the 2011 intake to UCS. I opted out of the ceremony, it is not my thing and means little to me in terms of the experience of being at university. Mrs O was at work anyway and it was […]
The Freudian Sheep
I am a member of the Freudian Sheep artist group in Ipswich. Ian Moss and Eleanor May run this delightful establishment in St Helens Street, Ipswich. Each month there is a fresh exhibition of work in the gallery with open views taking place on the Saturday. We are quite an eclectic group and a […]
Maybe it is time to stop now….
The sands of time are rapidly exhausting themselves and new deadlines loom large on the horizon. Following a full-on week topped by Andreas Schmidt honouring us with a guest lecture I am now looking at final edits and print preparation. Throw in an interim show to hang in April plus prepping 90 8’x4′ boards for […]
Unlocked
December 2013 has been a strange month for me with three exhibition hangs to curate, a dissertation draft to submit and degree project images to make. All this without the added drama of other incidents. Good to see Alex getting better though. I cannot begin to understand how he feels but given the stuffing it […]