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Moira Carter
- Jul 6, 2017
- 2 min
Inspiring Artist of the Day - Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was known to some as an artist, others as a designer, and more as an architect. I love this wide and varied...
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Moira Carter
- Jul 4, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the Day - Andrew Wyeth
I first Saw Wyeth's work in an exhibition at the Royal Academy, there was a painting of a girl at the top of the staircase, so...
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Moira Carter
- Jun 29, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the Day - Miche Follano
After the last blog you were probably expecting me to write about Yves Klein, but no! I met Miche at 'Art in clay' at Hatfield a wee...
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Moira Carter
- Jun 27, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the Day - Irene Jones
I have a painted pebble paperweight on my desk, I bought it from a charity shop many years ago, and I thought it would inspire my friend...
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Moira Carter
- Jun 26, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the Day - Callen Schaub
Never heard of him? I hadn't either ...but found an amazing video of how he works on YouTube: ...and now I'm hooked! Loving all that...
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Moira Carter
- Jun 22, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the Day - Eileen Gray
An amazing architect and furniture designer, who designed this black lacquered screen in 1923! If you click on the above photo it will...
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Moira Carter
- Jun 20, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the Day - Henri Cartier-Bresson
Why inspiring for me as an artist? I love the fact that his photographs are not cropped, what he saw through the view finder is exactly...
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Moira Carter
- Jun 15, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Rene Gruau
Fashion illustration at its very best ... I adore his work - amazing line, great texture, colour sense and a fabulous use of space - with...
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Moira Carter
- Jun 13, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Andy Warhol
We all know Andy Warhol don't we?! Why do I find his work inspiring? Not for the Tin of Baked Beans - although it was a stroke of Genius...
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Moira Carter
- Jun 8, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Georgia O'Keeffe
Addressing the balance here - another female artist as we are generally under represented in the world of art. Elaine and I had a very...
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Moira Carter
- Jun 6, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the Day - Mary Wondrausch
Mary Wondrausch - I've linked this image to a video of her on Vimeo Great lady, so very passionate about not only her own work but...
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Moira Carter
- Jun 1, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Elizabeth Frink
Great Sculptor ...yes, but it's her prints I covet! This cormorant is plain fabulous - love, love the texture in the wings, the perfect...
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Moira Carter
- May 30, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Barbara Hepworth
Love this! It's called 'Pelagos' and was made in 1946, Hepworth used Elm for this sculpture - that curve, the finish, the pale, pale...
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Moira Carter
- May 23, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Ogata Kōrin
Irises by Ogata Kōrin In my bookcase is a copy of the Royal Academy catalogue for The Great Japan Exhibition, held in 1981. I went with...
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Moira Carter
- May 18, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Anita Klein
Following a train of thought here - my last blog was about Paula Rego and her dancing ostriches ...she has also drawn angels and Anita...
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