Exhibitions to visit

Poppies at the YSP are a huge attraction, too much wallowing in the past instead of facing up to the plight of current victims of war for my taste.

The new exhibition of Bill Viola's work in the Underground Gallery and the Chapel is both stunning and thought provoking.

The next exhibition on my list to visit is Art Textiles at the Whitworth in Manchester.

Way of the Gull

Trying my hand at machine embroidery, I'm hoping to create some backgrounds for the woven bundles, brooding black gulls overshadowing the pretty flowers.

Inspiration in County Antrim

Way of the Gull

Thinking about adding some lino print gulls to the background with the embroidery.

Way of the Gull

A bit of sewing perhaps.

Back to work on the Way of the Gull

                    

           
                        

All four pieces are assembled, now the only problem is how to finish them off. Are they finished?

Landmarks, Berry Banks and Hagg Wood, in the exhibition at Holmfirth Art Week

Wandering through the bluebells along Berry Banks,

 later in the year there'll be blackberries and bilberries for the picking.

      

Dappled sunlight by the river, bright new leaves campion, 

rowan tree in flower, last year's beech mast crunching underfoot.