If you’re looking for a perfect, drifting, summer experience, then the Dulwich Picture Gallery has an exhibition which you’ll love. It’s John Singer Sargent’s watercolours, on until 8th October. You’re probably aware of John Singer Sargent’s rather amazing society portraits of wealthy women with challenging gazes. I love these, but I loved his watercolours in …
Saw the Giacometti exhibition at the Tate Modern last week. What an amazing space the Tate is, particularly if, like lucky me, you are invited to the swanky opening night and you get to walk through the Turbine Hall after hours. It truly seems like the biggest building in London when it’s empty, and there …
This is my entry for lovely Tara’s Three Word Wednesday Gallery. On Sunday I had a brainwave. The very big chair upstairs would look better downstairs. I was definitely right (I always am). But there was a problem. I was alone in the house. And the big chair was very big. Very, very big. Because …
There are not many people I would sport excess facial hair for *shudder*, but obviously I had to make an exception for Tara’s Gallery , especially as world moustache expert Laura from Are We Nearly There Yet Mummy? is acting as scrutineer. Here goes then: I think you’ll agree I’m giving Jack Sparrow a run …
This week lovely Tara’s Gallery theme is White. I did think I could go a bit oblique on this, and sidestep the obvious snowy picture – but then I thought, nah. I’m just not in a clever mood, snow is beautiful and fleeting and, more importantly, I actually have quite a good picture to use. It’s of the playground opposite the …
Hurray! The lovely Tara over at Sticky Fingers has chosen a subject this week for her Gallery that even I, the world’s worst photographer, can enter. It’s favourite photos. My favourite photo is, of course, of my girls. It was taken five years ago, on a gorgeous, crisp, snowy New Year’s Day in Brussels. It’s …