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My favourite commission
and some thoughts on
bespoke work in general :)
a country distraction ~
creating a home for
Rennaldburn's
starlings
To our winged ancestors
from a timeless, summery
Somerset garden.
A few images
from the state of
mind called Bali
Another wintery
guest post by
Cathy van Hoppe
A Christmas dream painting
and a Sweet Chestnut Path
dream timelapse
the inauguration
of Altair air Abhainn ~
Alter by the water
Fu Hsi and Nu Gua
Ancient founders of the
I Ching in cast glass
focus on
the floor of
my studio
a mandala
to re-set our relationship
with time and our one
precious life
A creative relationship
with time
In celebration
of all things light,
bright and summery
The River Ribble
is the location for a video
of the Rodriguez song
Two video sketches
from our mistical valley
The snowy stanes
A little video shot on a
beautiful solstice morning
An Imbolc offering
to the beloved Celtic
Triple Goddess
High with me
A dream drawing
timelapse inaugurates
this blog reborn :)
An Eskdalemuir angel
timelapsed for
the feast of lights
The long read
An article on dreaming wisdom,
the I Ching and African Dream
Root, first published in Caduceus
The ancient origins
of the I Ching ~ a
little video, part of my
ongoing work with it.
ancestral wisdom
A timelapse of following
dream guidance with art
About the exhibition
Some multimedia musings on the
Shambhala at Shambellie experience.
A new Animus exhibition
A little about Shambala
and the making of a
cast glass piece.
If I have a guiding principle
in life, it's death. Music video for
Emma Gillespie's beautiful song.
A painting timelapse
of a six-foot long piece
for Rennaldburn's
tiniest room
Illuminating the Book of Love
A music video for the
song by Oisin HendriX
Cathy Van Hoppe
tells a Winter tale
first in a series
of dream-drawing timelapses
I'll be uploading now and then.
a sky-light entrance-ment in the mousehole
I never thought I’d do a post on here about my ‘day job’, but a process is unfolding whereby aspects of life which had previously seemed disparate are beginning to coalesce ~ like Rennaldburn, which gets its name from the stream and waterfall which runs through its meadows and wooded ravine.
This, my home in a verdant valley by the White Esk in Southern Scotland, also happens to be a holiday let. I’ve always put a lot of love and creativity into ‘the holiday let side’; evolving sacred space is something which has long fascinated me.
But the six-foot long painting I did last week is the biggest artwork I’ve made specially for its internal world: it’s to give the effect of a stained glass window for the roof pitch of the ‘Mousehole’ room.
This is a bit like a soul-full version of Japanese pod hotel accommodation; a teeny-tiny space just big enough for a futon (you can’t stand up in it), which you go inside by crawling through a marble fireplace arch.
Kids, particularly, fall in love with this diminutive den. So the painting itself is a celebration of youthful energies ~ Buddhas, angels, dragons, cloud castles, flying carpets and winged unicorns all cohabiting (but hopefully not codependent within :) the same space.
Here's a time-lapse of it taking shape:
