Eve Arnold at Sensus

Went to view this exhibition being held at Sensus in Victoria, London, initially interested to viewing the images that this photographer had taken of Marilyn Monroe. Having a limited idea of what the exhibition held I was pleasantly suprised at the variety and the amazing places and situations the photographer had been in and the photographs were all really beautiful but real. "I don't see anybody as either ordinary or extraordinary," she said in a 1990 BBC interview, "I see them simply as people in front of my lens.” A list of lifetime achievements to her name Eve Arnold was most memorable for her images of Marilyn Monroe on the set of Misfits. For a full life story click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Arnold

Arnold died in London on January 4, 2012, aged 99.

Arthurs Seat Edinburgh - Conversation on the Hill



Arthur's Seat Edinburgh


I took this photo at the beginning of the year, the 1st January to be precise, the weather was particularly chilly with quite a strong wind. But there was a lovely bit of wintry sun that shone that day, which did make the light good to take some photo's. The walk up Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh was breath taking, with views of the whole city spanning all the way to the sea. I love this photo which is actually the favourite one out of all the photo's taken that day. The way the sun catches the mustard scarf and the two friends in conversation in silhouette a bit further on in the picture.

Graffiti on The Southbank

Paul Don Smith - Queen Saved the God

Faberge Big Egg Hunt Art for Charity

Eggsquisit London - Paul Kenton

A Big Egg Hunt is on in Central London with over 200 eggs on display across the capital. These magnificent eggs have been created by leading artists, designers, architects and jewellers. All of the eggs are available to own as they are all on Auction, proceeds go to Elephant Family and Action for Children charity. For more details and on how Enter the competition to win The Diamond Jubilee Egg valued at over £100,000. Please go to http://www.thebigegghunt.co.uk/. The Eggs are all invidually beautiful and and are great to find! Go on let the Hunt begin.

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David Walker - Unknown

Yayoi Kusama - All about the Dots, Dotty

Infinity Mirror Installation

Went down to the tate Modern today after having read about Yayoi Kasuma, one of Japan's best known artists. At 83 she has constantly reinvented her Art and at the Tate a exhibition of quite a few of her Artworks the biggest of its kind in the UK to date are to view. Spanning from the early days when her drawings were detailed and small some what resembling cells and molecules looking strangely like organic matter under a micoscope to later works on large canvases with the same brushstroke repeated all over the canvas. Also in this exhibition is the common thread of Polka Dots which runs right through from Kusama's beginning works to a instalation of a room with furniture which is dark and covered in lumo polka dots. Right at the end of the Exhibition and truly my favourite part is a room with mirrors and water covered areas acting as relective surfaces to lots of small lights hanging down, which change colour. The room is very disorientaing but really so beautiful, there is something very magical and playful about this room. A exhibition I would recommend with some very different aspects, from an Artist who has spent her life creating, experimenting and exploring!

Changing Colours the Infinity Mirro Installation

Florence and the Machine - Alexandria Palace

Saw Florence and the Machine for the second time, this first occasion being at Brixton Academy in 2009 and the latter at Alexandria Palace this month. I generally don't go and see the same bands twice, but was so excited to see this show. Having eventually gotten tickets to the last of the three in London I was not disappointed. Florences's performance was brilliant, she sang a few from the new album Ceremonials and some favourites from the Lungs Album. The whole show had more of a 1920's Art Deco feeling complete with a Art Deco backdrop. Florence kept the audience enthralled with her unique energy, and amazing voice!

Binho Koi Fish Street Art - Cape Town

Muizenberg Beach in Cape Town have been given a wall mural by Binho Ribeiro, a well known
graffiti fine artist from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Binho’s colourful style of street art can be found in many parts of Sao Paolo, walls of buildings, houses, city apartment blocks and parks of the city have his works of Art on them. Now Cape Towns Muizenberg’s Surfer’s Corner also has its very own original work of Art a colourful Binho! The mural is of a Koi Fish, in Buddhist culture the Koi represents courage. ‘ Humans “swim” through the “ocean of suffering” without fear,’ said Binho, ‘just as a fish swims through water"

Pull and Bear Summer Loving



Summer Loving

Summer Loving

Summer Loving by Txema Yeste the Pull and Bear SS11 Campaign really captures the Brands fun casual approach to fashion, for more images in this campaign go to http://www.pullbear.com/#/photos/. Txema Yeste started out as a reporter before moving on to fashion photography. His work is diverse and every photograph is a combination of high end sophisticated imagery with a taint of an imaginary world, fast becoming one of my favourite photographers I can't wait to see what he is shooting next.

Animal Lashes

Peacock Eyelashes

Deer Eyeashes

Clown Lashes

Paper delicate art work eyelashes inspired by the traditional craft of Chinese paper cutting. These intricately cut, super cute eyelashes are one of Luna & Curious' items on sale. Designs include: Deer & Butterfly, Peacock, Small Peonies and Clown. The eyelashes come in two sizes: small to accentuate the corners of your eyes for a subtler look and the large full lash is a definite statement.
The paper eyelashes are made of FSC certificated paper, the only ethical alternative to recycled paper. To buy these super cute lashes click on the link to go to the Luna and Curious online store!
http://www.shoplunaandcurious.com/

Line Drawing

An amazing line drawing found on observando!
(via obsevando) http://observando.net/post/5690367925

STREET ART Part 3

Found another ASVP Wall Poster hidden behind a mish mash of leaflets and posters at the end of Portobello Road!

STREET ART 2

Looking for Wall Art has become a bit of a interest for me recently, whilst out and about in London I keep an eye open for Art to snap. Today I spotted some stencil wall art which I thought was quite nice!

Still Life

A most lovely still life.....

STREET ART Donkey Hat

I spotted a ASVP poster high up on a wall, on the way down to Notting Hill. Did a bit of searching to find out a bit more about the Artist or Artists as these posters are popping up all over the place from Brooklyn to Notting Hill Gate and there is not much to find except pictures of these amazing posters which I guess say more than than words. Quirky and clever, I hope I spot some more around London. If anyone knows where leave it in the comment section. Ta

The Lion and the Unicorn

Paying homage to the original 1951 Lion and Unicorn Exhibition, this 2011 Installation by Gitta Gschwendtner works with the original themes which are reinterpreted. Lion = Bravery and Courage and Unicorn = Imagination and Independance. Gitta worked with 50 refugees whose spoken and written poems are on pieces of paper in the Installation. Worth the visit the Installation is both beautiful and fragile with paper flapping in the wind and birds flying in the sky. The exhibition is part of the Southbank Hayward Gallery and Visual Arts Programme.

Saatchi Gallery Visit

 

I just love the Saachi Gallery situated close to Sloane Square this gallery boasts a number of new and upcoming artists in varying size room Galleries. From the bizarre to the surreal, the Saachi Gallery also hosts a Online Gallery which aspiring artists can join and display their artwork on. A great platform to promote talent. Here are some works that I saw at the Gallery, click on the link for the website.http://www.saatchionline.com/

Happy Year of the Rabbit

3rd February sees the arrival of 'Xin Mao' - the Year of the Rabbit. According to Chinese tradition, the Rabbit brings a year in which you can catch your breath and calm your nerves. Featured above are items from a treasury related to everything bunny. Please click on the link to go to the treasury list for some more bunny items http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d4d28ed61e86d91c03d1ed0/hoptastic-year-of-the-rabbit?index=0

Happy Year of the Rabbit, it is said that this is the year that wishes come true.
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Rusty Favourite Photo Collection

 I found a few photographs in my pictures folder from all my years of snapping away, that all had something in common so I've put them together like a collection of vases or ornaments and I think they do quite nicely. A collection of photographs taken from around the world at different times of the day with different cameras but they all have a bit of the same colours in them, so oddly matched, but perfectly suited.

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Antique Tape Measure





Sunrise in my Window



Merry Go Round



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New year, New Tunes



Boy & Bear

 Found some new music, a little something new for the new year. Boy and Bear have some fantastic songs including this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYCDNRpyzrM. A lovely dream of ties and bicyle racing all before the new days begins in the real world! And with some really great illustrations as part of the album art, I'm so marking this band as one of my favourites for 2011.

Maps and Atlases

Secondly I found this band Maps and Atlases with the song Solid Ground http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSlA7x98Yfw  and this really cool poster from 2007.

Snow Falling Softly Wish List



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It snowed today in London and thought it only fit to showcase items that are snowy white, or have a soft hue of colour that tinges the pure white. All these lovely items Handmade and Vintage are available on Etsy please click on the link to go directly to the Etsy Treasury http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d0cfddc27d38eef4d00fb7a/snow-softly-falling-wish-list?index=0