notes from the drifting spaces
Blair’s art notes…
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Into the Atlantic Ocean to Oban and Colonsay on the Waverley
At the end of last week I sailed on the famous Waverley for the first time, the last ocean going paddle steamer, with my pal Bruce Peter, writer and maritime […]
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Cycling and sketching outdoors – heading East
Taking advantage of the fabulous weather last week, I got on my bike with pannier bag loaded with drawing and camera equiptment, plus the essential flask of ice cold coffee, […]
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Humming wind through metal, Cairngorms walking and artwork
curving cloud whisps , crumbling embattlements , thin brown steel straight and low , under the horizon cutting space , hum , fresh breeze clear skies , unreal machines whizzing […]
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Recent movie influences
What else have I been up to recently – well, I’ve been enjoying a few films as usual at night after a day’s work. Some turned out to be too […]
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Starting some oil painting for galleries
I’ve been asked by a couple of galleries in Scotland to make new works around one meter square and smaller. I’m planning to use acrylic and mixed media to splash […]
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Exciting final day Sumo matches
The 2012 Natsu Basho (summer tournament) was thrilling to the last day, with an extra match needed – Yushoketesen – to decide the winner. Kyokutenhou, the 37 year old veteran […]
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Working on ‘TRACES’ – Artist’s Film
One of the projects I’m working on (and getting quite into) is my first venture into editing footage into an artist’s film. The editing can be a creative and fun […]
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Ozumo Update Tokyo Basho. 5 days to go – who will win?
It has been an eventful tournament so far and the sumo in the last few days has been riveting stuff! Very unusually, Yokozuna Hakuho has been having an unfortunate time, […]