So in brief: we went to the Tirzah Garwood exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery - interesting, since we'd seen the Eric Ravilious (her husband) exhibition there some years ago and I've read her memoir.
Her art was very varied.
and in various media.
I had a lovely visit to a school friend's house, and met her partner. M and I were never particularly close at school but we were friendly, and I always liked her. It's been so nice to reconnect.
And then we came home and Littlest Granddaughter also came (to her) home and reconnected with her guinea pigs, which we had managed to keep fed and watered.
Apart from that, it's been a flowery time. These mecanopsis were at Branklyn Gardens in Perth, which we always like to visit.
And we met up with a very old friend, also M, and went to Little Sparta, about an hour's drive away, which is the garden of poet and artist Ian Hamilton Finlay. We've been meaning to go for ages, and when M - who lives in London - said that she would like to visit it, that was the spur for us to take her. M's mother and mine were friends in London during the war, specifically during the Blitz, and her mother was my mother's bridesmaid.
It's a very pleasant garden
with various art installations and inscriptions, some rather mysterious.
And then, at home, all is very floriferous.
A neighbour (whose front garden is mainly paved, with some neatly trimmed small bushes) said to me yesterday that she liked the wild effect of my garden.
I know what she meant, but it takes a lot of work to achieve such a wild effect.
And that's me just about caught up with our doings, though frankly I don't really know why I do this...
It's nice to get home after being away for a while. It's also pleasant to have one's efforts appreciated and that's what gives us the energy and impetus to continue.
ReplyDeleteHow many times is a good artist's wife or partner....or female artist...ignored or downplayed when they are brilliant in their own right. Gwen John is another example... Augustus' sister...
ReplyDeleteIt's nice how people we weren't close with in high school later become friends. We grow and change, I guess. It's interesting and fun to live vicariously through someone else's blog. :)
ReplyDeleteGardens are the stuff of life this time of year! I'm going to look up that mecanopsis - I've never seen one before. I get great comfort reading about people's lives in other parts of the world. We're all not so different in the ways we spend our time.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you do! Your garden is so much more interesting than our tiny rocky bank! And your visits, to gardens, galleries and houses is so interesting to follow. And your lovely walks. You're an active couple of buzzy bees, and that's also an inspiration. Littlest Granddaughter is not looking little any more - and what beautiful hair! Do I see the merest tinge of auburn? We're into winter here, and I"m just home from 10 days in hospital - emergency strangulated hernia surgery. It involved moving everything around and was quite a performance, but the staff were wonderful and I'm now just regaining strength, which will take a while. Keep well, appreciate MrL, your family, your friends, and your health. They're so important.
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