Amanda Clyne’s Expressions of Fashion
Tags/ Posted by Lara CoryI was a spoke worked loose from a bicycle, a speed limit sign, the girl who sat on the park’s swing and wrapped its chain ropes taut with each turn, waiting to let go, waiting to spin.continue reading this poem
“When the viewer first glances at one of my paintings, the image and viewer lock eyes. The image stares back with a shifting, slivered gaze, appealing to the viewer to seek resolution of its ever-elusive form. Confronted with irreconcilable fragments or impenetrable blind spots, the viewer struggles to answer the image’s plea. Savouring the seductive exchange, the viewer and image become entwined in an active portrait of the experience of looking.” ~ A. Clyne
‘Not Without Undue Prolixity’, an Interview with Dolores de Sade
Tags/ Posted by Lara CoryWhat season is it, Cy, when all the birds get dragged backcontinue reading this poem
Dolores de Sade’s zinc etching ‘Not Without Undue Prolixity’ is now showing at what is regarded as the launching pad for the ones to watch, the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition in London.
Interview with Hidden Eloise
Tags/ Posted by Lara CoryFlunking a breast exam one week after womb removal I get the call that something’s showed up and I go back to be prodded, probed and sonographed.continue reading this poem
An interview with artist Hidden Eloise on her latest collection “War of the Roses” and her art endeavors.
Emma Kidd’s Monsters
Tags/ Posted by Lara CoryThe mud has frozen, so all beasts go on their paths without leaving prints among the stones.continue reading this poem
I tend to use mainly paint as the main element of my work, gouache being my favourite type of paint. It can be opaque or transparent. I have done more monoprinting recently too. I like the not-sure-what-will-happen with monoprinting.
