Out shopping this afternoon, I got distracted by a lovely exhibition of Mary Fedden's work that I didn't know was on and spent half an hour enjoying her colours and the scent of lilies in the gallery and choosing what I'd buy if I had a few thousand pounds to treat myself.
And then I walked around the corner to see this Lowry exhibition, and paintings that remind me of back streets where I used to walk with my dad when I was very small.
And so I didn't really do any of the things that I was supposed to be doing. But never mind.
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Thankyou for that lovely glimpse of Mary Fedden.
Glad you enjoyed it, Cornflower. I was walking down the street and the colours drew me in.
An artist whom I adore. Her work is always so fresh-looking. Thank you for showing her work. I wish I could see it every day.
That was so interesting, Mary. I loved that she cut out pictures and then used them as a base to paint around.
It would be nice to own one, Toffeeapple.
They were showing the film in full at the gallery, Darlene, but it's an hour long and unfortunately I didn't have that long.
Mary Fedden's work looks lovely - I often think I should explore lesser-known artists, and you often show beauties. But for non-Londoners, these things are difficult to find. I go to Modern Art Oxford sometimes, all hopeful, and leave so disappointed...
That's a shame, Simon - but you do come up to London quite often, and sometimes it's nice just to stroll through that part of town and see what grabs your eye in the windows.
I did see a stunning Howard Hodgkin exhibition at Modern Art Oxford maybe a couple of years ago.
How lovely. I'd never heard of her. She's a bit Eliz Blackadderish - isn't she? Not completely though. The little film is amazing: one thinks as she paints big strokes, I could do that. And then one sees the end result and... no, I couldn't.
She makes it seem so easy, Isabelle - that's exactly what I was thinking!
I see what you mean about Elizabeth Blackadder, and maybe a bit of Winifred Nicholson, too.
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