Search results for: “Bushy Park”
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Bushy Park
Wild Bushy Park has been a frequent place to visit since 2018, along with the nearby tamer Hampton Court and Home Park.
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Back to Work: Garrick’s Temple & bushy Park revisted
Back in the dark cold depths of January, I did a drawing I absolutely hated. Now it’s not unusual for me to do a drawing all excited and end up hating it or disappointed that it’s not how I wanted, or pieces where I was unsure/unhappy and got into the groove while doing it. This…
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Bushy Park watercolours
It’s a really crazy time, what with the increased lockdown, and the whole atmosphere in the UK. Not to suggest with these pictures any normality, hence the titles, but I can (or could) socially distance myself and create artwork. That might have changed…will pop out in a bit to the river for my one allowed…
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Double Vision: Home & Bushy Park
Seeing double was the order of the day with these two works. The first “Irises’ above and below is of the imaginatively named ‘Long Water’ in front of Hampton Court was of the ranks of marching trees I’ve been obsessed with for a long time, a Gursky sort of landscape. It’s also a nod to…
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Hampton Court and Home Park
In comparison Hampton Court and Home Park are much neater than wilder nearby Bushy Park but no less interesting. Also Hampton has Garrick’s Villa, a place I’ve drawn and painted several times.
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Richmond Park 1: Spanker’s Hill and the Dinosaur Wood
I have mentioned a few times that I’ve been exploring other parts of Richmond Park than my usual haunts. Here are the first fruits of that labour – paintings and drawings of Spanker’s Hill and Treebox Wood (which I call the Dinosaur Wood because of the ancient fallen trees and general ‘out of time’ feeling…