Simply..buying art....

22/11/2018

11 Comments

The parcel arrived this afternoon..

Bigger than I expected...

Very well packed! Will I really like it?

YES! I do.

And I quickly found the right place....
I can't stop looking at it.
And smiling.

Still Life With Iris by Elizabeth Blackadder.

11 Comments

Julia

22/11/2018 04:16:28 pm

Wow! It is fabulous! Perfect in its new home! And Freda..good on you for clearing out what no longer sparks joy to allow room to welcome what does!
Have you bought on ebay before? Or was this a new stretch as well?

Freda

22/11/2018 11:52:53 pm

A very impersonal way to buy art. Yes, eBay is new to me Julia.

Viv link

23/11/2018 12:41:32 am

Perfect place and brilliant picture - I can see why you have chosen it. We have run out of wall space here as we have had to accomodate the art work we had at the cottage.

Freda

23/11/2018 02:23:25 pm

Glad you like it too Viv! I am seeling a few things because I've run out of wall space (and to raise some money to travel..)

Lucille link

23/11/2018 01:02:48 am

Not what I was expecting but absolutely perfect for that spot.

Freda

23/11/2018 02:24:24 pm

Were you thinking flowers and.or cats?

Lucille

24/11/2018 01:45:53 am

Yes! Or Venice.

Rosemary

23/11/2018 02:01:49 pm

I don't know Elizabeth Blackadder, but I do have a print of a Samuel Peploe (you mentioned the Scottish Colourists the other day). It also makes me smile when I look at it. It's 'Still Life with Tulips' I love the bold shapes and bold colours. Another print I have which cheers me is Vermeer's 'View of Delft', I find the sun coming out after rain and the early-morning people going about their ordinary business uplifting. Life going on. I had a solitary Artist's Date at home yesterday reading for the first time 'The Small Boy and his Mouse' a poem by D H Maitreyabandhu. I found it puzzling at first, but once you get a clue it all opens up brilliantly.

Freda

23/11/2018 02:27:52 pm

Isn't it wonderful how art can lift your spirits? My Artist Date tomorrow is giving mysel a reading day too. Elizabeth and Her German Garden. I will look up your poem with the lovely title.

Susan

23/11/2018 10:44:48 pm

Thank you Rosemary & Freda, for reminding me that sitting & reading can be an artist's date, that i can do something gentle indoors rather than dramatic outdoors.

Julia

24/11/2018 07:57:24 am

Thank you Rosemary! One of the ways Freda’s blog enriches my life, is the wonderful suggestions from the community of readers...this is such a wonderful poem..and i had not heard of the poet..but will look for mor of his work...an artist’s date indeed.

Simply..buying art....

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