28/06/2009
23/06/2009
20/06/2009
17/06/2009
15/06/2009
13/06/2009
Harlech Castle, A Figure and Two Rivers
I am struck by how empty the landscape seems, not many roads, no houses, just occasionally a horse. In just over a hundred years so much is so very different. Although I knew that was the case it is only looking at these small sketches that it sinks in. I really think that sketchbooks have that power, to take you by the hand and transport you right there, sitting next to the artist as he or she makes their marks and records that filament of time.
This is the message, keep on keeping those sketchbooks, one day a hundred and thirty years later your great great granddaughter will be sitting quietly beside you, seeing what you see and feeling a connection across the years.
12/06/2009
11/06/2009
10/06/2009
The Next Four Sketches
09/06/2009
E.M.Wimperis. A Sketchbook
In about one month I will be a half century, or half a hundred. My parents have given me a present. Two note books that have been put together by my great grandfather containing the loose sketches of his father, my Great Great Grandfather, Edmund Morison Wimperis.
He was born in 1835 and died in 1900 and he was an artist and vice president of the Royal Institute of Artists.
So over the next few weeks I shall show this collection of beautiful sketches here.
He was born in 1835 and died in 1900 and he was an artist and vice president of the Royal Institute of Artists.
So over the next few weeks I shall show this collection of beautiful sketches here.
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