Winter begins. People, places

Posted on December 2nd, 2016 by


‘I see before me, man, nor here, nor here, nor what ensues, but have a fog in them, that I cannot log through’ (Cymb.2/3). For Marius Skaerved & Zara Mandel who are in Stratford….. 31 12 16

Breakfast in Bermondsey. Conversation, reading, good coffee, and rain outside. 4 1 17

Monument to Gt Portland St. Reading on the Circle Line 31 1 17

….would rather be a person of paradoxes tha of prejudices.”
JJ Rousseau (‘Emile’) Watching. Hoping. 29 01 17

24 hour watching people-the crowds across the US fighting the good fight, and sitting with a coffee by the water watching and listening to Londoners at St Katharine Docks. There’s something in the air, and sense that something is happening, and I am back to Margaret Mead again: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; i ndeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” 29 1 1

Practising Westhoff. 27 1 17

He never pays. Wapping 7 1 17

Lineside. From the train window. Tring-Hemel Hempstead 10 1 17

Frost overnight. Practice 4 1 17

Overnight Frost/Van Eyck Lacrimae 3 1 17

A day stalked by Guercino. Euston to Whitechapel. 5pm 7 12 16

Nostalgic morning/blast from the past. My parents have this little watercolour that I painted about 20 years ago. I had forgotten about this Claude Lorrain phase, but never forgotten, that there was a poster of one of his paintings over my cot. . 26 12 16

A day stalked by Guercino. Wapping Station 730am 7 12

Talk. London 1 12 16

Talk. London 1 12 16

Green Underpants Shad Thames 1 12 16

Green Underpants Shad Thames 1 12 16

On the Train. Oslo 29 11 16

On the Train. Oslo 29 11 16

The smile. Smithfield 27 11 16

The smile. Smithfield 27 11 16

Turning Face in Restaurant 27 11 16

Turning Face in Restaurant 27 11 16