ART FOR WRITERS picture number 3 from the archives – a working class hero
I don’t know where I found this painting – on some pleasant thrawl through the internet I imagine. And there she was: a real woman with a big-bellied, lived-in body … Continue reading
ART FOR WRITERS picture number 2 from the archives
I was blown away by this very different way of seeing the female body and I hope you are too. I love the structure of the painting. We are close … Continue reading
ART FOR WRITERS picture number 1 from the archives
This was one of the first pictures I published in the weekly Art for Writers series and I still love it. I discovered it on Pixababy, a wonderful website that … Continue reading
A Portrait made of layers – ART FOR WRITERS
Another striking portrait this week. This is by Syrian artist Aula Al Ayoub who usually paints women. She starts three or four projetcs at a time and keeps alternating between … Continue reading
A revealing portrait – an example of showing, not telling ART FOR WRITERS
I don’t think I have to say much about this week’s inspiring picture. It’s an arresting face staring back at the viewer, devoid of hope. The title tells us everything … Continue reading
A Hospital Ward, a subject for art and poetry ART FOR WRITERS
It’s an impossibly long ward and a cold one. The patients have outdoor coats on and most are staying close to the stove. But the nuns seem to be taking … Continue reading
Lowering the temperature & igniting the imagination….ART FOR WRITERS
It’s approaching 30 degrees where I am right now (Brighton on the English south coast) so I was in the mood for this picture by Pascal Campion. It’s called Deep … Continue reading
Breaking boundaries with paint and words… ART FOR WRITERS
This painting is alive. It moves. Words sometimes feel inadequate, but look at what this artist has achieved within the limits of her medium. She made paint dance… We can … Continue reading
Mixing it all up and seeing what comes out – ART FOR WRITERS
I don’t think I have to say much this week….look at the picture and start writing. Who knows where you will end up: it may be in a blind alley, … Continue reading
How to jump on a bandwagon and do it well… Art for Writers
This young woman might be a resident of the gothic house I featured in last week’s art for writers post but I chose this painting by John Everett Millais because it’s … Continue reading
A moody Gothic house by moonlight…forget the election results and get stuck in…ART FOR WRITERS
If you live in the UK then yesterday was the day that decided our tomorrows…whatever you feel about the result, put it to one side for half an hour or … Continue reading
What stories are told over the washing…ART FOR WRITERS
….or confidences exchanged over the washing up… When I was younger I resented the women being ‘banished’ to the kitchen at family gatherings, tied to the drudgery of clearing up … Continue reading
The sun isn’t always kind and white isn’t always bright….Art for Writers
White trees and white buildings connected by white walkways…but the affect is anything but light, bright or uplifting. This is the white of bone and dead things. What we are … Continue reading
Some times you tell a story through the things you leave out…ART FOR WRITERS
This painting is called Race You to the Bottom and was created sometime in the late 1990s I imagine, or even more recently, because the artist was born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne … Continue reading
