It is wild. It has all been wild. The weather is tempestuous and volatile, changing quickly from a sunny bright blue day to brooding glowering storms and to dense heavy grey fog that submerge the land into nothing, all in one day and all within hours. The ground is sodden and covered in bright orange [read more…]
We arrived on the weekend of the great storm. When we woke in the morning we could barely restrain the door of the house as it leapt out of our hands. The waves on the cliffs below were spiraling high into the sky, the wind skimming the tops of the waves, gathering its plunder into [read more…]
I must write about this magical month in October before I forget. Our life goes so fast sometimes, I forget to take note of the extraordinary experiences we have and that are wonderful to share. We just spent 4 weeks in the old medieval town of Pietrasanta where we carved in studio Shakti in the [read more…]
The streets of Ponte a Serraglio, all summer long, have been filled with the sound of music, of people wandering hand in hand through the old shops filled with art, hosted by wonderful characters, artists of delightful eccentricity. Performances of music, of theatre, of sculpture installations on the river, of acrobats and dancers, of singing, [read more…]
After twelve years, Michael is again carving marble. We had a car accident twelve years ago and Mike’s right foot was badly injured, forcing him to stop carving stone. He painted instead and this was not a bad thing because he has developed his wonderful sense of colour in a way that he may never [read more…]
Rover Thomas in the desert making art that is of the earth, simple, iconic masterpieces, representing deeply the land he was, he not separate, but a part of a whole intimately felt universe. Traveling overhead in planes, peering from tiny windows many times over the years, looking down into the land of Australia, seeing the [read more…]
Tags: pastel drawings, rover thomas, sculptures, Shona NunanThe Bagni di Lucca Art Festival has brought into our wee beautiful town some of the most amazing international talent that it has seen for many years. Bagni di Lucca is known for its many famous personages. It is known for all the incredible writers and musicians and visual artists that have come here through [read more…]
Tags: old Casino Bagni di Lucca, Piano recital, ronald farren-priceThe sculpture symposium is over. The artists, one by one are leaving. Sad to see them go. They became like family, bonded by big family meals, heart to hearts and animated discussion. Their works were exhibited in ‘La Cantina’ and garden in Ponte a Serraglio on the weekend in the golden ambience of a summer’s [read more…]
Tags: exhibiton of marble sculpture, marble hand carving, sculpture symposiumEvery day since the first of July you wander over the passerella to the Villa Fiori gardens and you hear the musical tapping of metal on stone. The sculpture symposium, one of the many wonderful events of the Bagni di Lucca Art Festival, has seen the works of five sculptors evolving and ‘becoming’ over the [read more…]
Tags: Bagni di lucca art festival, Doug Robinson, hand carving marble, Michael Cartwright, Petra Boshart, Ryoichi Suzuki, sarah danays, sculpture symposiumHong Kong Basel Art Fair opening on Wednesday 22nd May was an event heralding a lot of great art. We felt so happy to have seen so much work that was worthy of a museum, even though a lot of the art is no longer contemporary. The fair seemed to create a historical context for [read more…]
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