November 2012: Wandering around Brick Lane is like being in an outdoor gallery. We try to visit every time we’re in London as there’s always something new to see. My favourite street artists at the moment are C215 and Phelgm – they rock!
September 2012: I took these photographs at the Shepard Fairey ‘Sound & Vision’ Exhibition at StolenSpace Gallery at the Truman Brewery, Brick Lane in London’s East End. This exhibition ran over two spaces, with the main gallery set up as an installation – in the form of an old school record shop, whilst the rest of the exhibition took place in a pop-up gallery around the corner. Shepard, also often known as Obey, is a prolific artist so there was loads of artwork on display, but these photos are my edited highlights.
September 2012: During a recent trip to the West coast of France I started collecting photographs of door knockers and other door furniture. These photos were mostly collected whilst wandering around La Rochelle, Ile de Rey and Ile d’Oleron.
September 2012: Another collection of photographs from a recent trip to the West coast of France, this time of stone carvings many from churches, but some from buildings in La Rochelle too.
The other highlight of our long weekend in Nantes on the West Coast of France was the day we spent exploring the truely amazing Les Machines de l’île a totally unprecedented artistic project, born from the François Delarozière and Pierre Orefice’s imagination. A crossroads of Jules Verne’s “invented worlds”, of the mechanical universe of Leonardo da Vinci, and of Nantes’ industrial history, on the exceptional site of the former shipyards. Forget Disneyland Paris – bring your kids here! I think these photos explain it much better than I can – I can’t wait to go back to see what they’ve been up to…
During an extended cmapervan trip around the West Coast of France we spent a very happy long weekend in Nantes exploring all that this incredibly creative city has to offer. One of the big highlights was the Le Voyage à Nantes an amazing art trail that covers 10-miles around the île de Nantes and the estuary. Highlights include an old cement factory that has been repurposed as a clock, an artificial wall that was dropped into the city and depicts all the famous people through history that have a connection with Nantes, a life size model of a traditional French house partly submerged in the esturary, a wonderful boardwalk that takes through otherwise inaccessible, marshlands, a series of beautiful rooftop gardens that have been sited on the roof of a decommissioned submarine base and a snake or serpent sculpture in the shallows – amazing! New installations and artworks are added to the trail each year – if you’re in that part of the world go see it.
September 2012: A small collection of photographs of amazing stained glass windows taken whilst travelling in our campervan along the coast of the West coast of France.
July 2012: On our last day in San Fran we took the ferry over to Sausilito and had a wander around the marina at Galilee Harbour and loved the quirky artwork that was built into the landscape.
July 2012: I was lucky enough to spend a few days exploring San Francisco and was captivated by the charm, art and creativity of this lovely city – can’t wait to go back! I visited San Francisco Museum of Modern Art specifically to see the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo paintings.
July 2012: Spent a day down at Pier 39 checking out some awesome American vintage cars that were parked up along the edge of the pier as part of a classic car show.
