A Memory of a Greek Holiday to Rhodes
Enjoy the view – I went up quite a few steps to get this drawing
Greek Temple
Art
Masterpiece ii
Masterpiece
Made from the finest beef
And vegetables fresh from the north of england
Something stupendous has been prepared
Transforming the ingredients into something that
Excites the tastebuds, as meat and potato dance
Round the pan with carrots and leeks
Pepper, salt and herbs
In a tango to
Excite the senses
Coming together on the plate…a dish
Everyone will enjoy
Art from nature
#nature #art #autumn
Who needs oil on canvas
When the simplest of pleasures
Works it’s way on to the paper
With simple tools such as coloured pencil
When pressure is gently applied
Wiry shapes on the fallen leaves
Will appear…bringing the image of the leaf back to life
Poppy Hospital
#Craft #Museum #Poppy #Damage
IWM North, Manchester 17th November 2018
From time to Mother nature has been at the
Implanted ceramics by the canalside
X-tra ceramic poppies have had to be brought in
Even barriers – and broken ones have to be sent to the poppy hospital
Damage repaired with Slip and Glue (and more red paint)
Pastels
#CFFC #Pastel #Colors
Pretty as a picture
Able to bring any flowery
Scene to life
Together on the paper – they are
Easily blendable
Locking in the colours on the paper pad
Man on the corner
Salford, 24th September 2018
Sat on the corner,
a man sits with his pencils, paper and paints
lovingly capturing local life
for years he’s being perfecting his craft
only using the same palette of colours to bring
reality of the places he
draws in pencil or charcoal to life
Manchester Bee
Salford 16th September 2018
#Beeinthecity #Salford #Manchester
Brightening up my day
Each time i pass them by
Every single one – has a character
If you don’t know what i’m talking about
Now – where have you been ?
They’ve occupied their little
Hives all summer
Each giving those who pass them – a reason to smile
Children and adults all
Investigate with maps
Trailing around the county – and occasionally
Yelling — “I FOUND ONE!”
Creating a buzz
4th September 2018
#Beeinthecity #Manchester #Buzz
A poem in honour of those colourful bees currently nesting in my city
The hive will be in Gtr Manchester till 23rd September – it’s well worth a visit.
(for those who haven’t read my #beeinthecity posts – they’re artworks!)
The hive arrived
Home for some bees
With artistic flair
Swarming around
City streets, with a
Hint of colour
Covering the sights
Of the county
North to south
Bringing smiles
From Salford’s quayside
To Manchester’s airport
Colourful Swarm
#beeinthecity
brought out of the hive
everyone is smiling at them…
each one bringing colour to the street
if you walk through the city, you’ll see
numbers of them by
the terraced areas of the city, their
hive now used by the residents to soak up the sun
each bee happy of the attention they get
Congregated in well known areas, the
Insects bring a smile to
Those who pass by,
Yelling to the youngsters – “You al’right our kid” ?
