Day 44. Well how about that. Practically half way and I haven’t missed a day yet. Have spent the past few days being inspired by my daughter and her friend’s henna painting on their hands. If you’re curious, you can check it out on my Instagram. Today, however, I decided to try and knock Klee … Continue reading Day 44 – Darktown Cove
Rose to my own challenge to change pens, which was easy because I fell down the rabbit hole of Tom Hackney‘s exhibition Corresponding Squares at the World Chess Hall of Fame. This show is about the chess games of Marcel Duchamp and I was particularly invigorated by Chess Painting No. 88 (Vajda vs. Duchamp, Nice, … Continue reading Day 24 – Hackney Knight
Day 4 of #100daysofemdash is a study of another one of my favourite paintings which again is, in my mind, also about typography. This picture is Meem One (1967) by Anwar Jalal Shemza, an artist I discovered at an exhibition at the Tate last year and have had an ongoing obsession with ever since. Shemza … Continue reading Day 4 – Meem One
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