Grande Jorasses

Last weekend my mum and my sister opened their brand new venture The Gallery William's Yard in Melbourne, Derbyshire to wonderful response, it was a really great opening weekend and everybody who popped by was really positive about how the gallery looked and the work on display. Perhaps it was the excitement of the weekend but after catching sight of the above painting during the hanging on the morning of the opening and then admiring it for the rest of the day, Dulcie and I felt unable to restrain ourselves and have thus acquired our very first piece of art. The painting is by sheffield artist Joe Mallia, whose work draws its inspiration from his other pursuit, mountaineering, and there was just something about the colours and Ruscha-esque imagery and also the particular choice of framing that drew us to it. The painting is of the north face of the Grande Jorasses mountain in the Western alps. He's got a number of works on show at the gallery and will also be running photography and art workshops alongside my mum. If you around the area pop by and check it out, it's definitely worth a visit!

Long distance

Modern life

Today Dulcie and I visited the Midcentury.Modern Fair at Dulwich College and proceeded to spend most of our morning lusting after amazing furniture with price tags that were ever slightly out of our reach...

There was so much to take in, not least the setting itself, the aptly chosen midcentury modernist building one of the most beautiful examples of British Brutalism I've seen.

With so many amazing things to look at it was hard to walk away empty handed, and tempted as we were to splash we were content in the knowledge that our thrifty ways will see us seek out some equally exquisite pieces but for a tenth of the price...

Northern soul

Some photos from my weekend in Manchester...

Just a thought

I personally think that Dulcie would have made the perfect New Wave heroine...

Boho

Hawaii

A little tribute to what must have been the hottest day of the year so far. Am off to Manchester tomorrow to enjoy the sunshine with Dulcie, apparently it's even hotter up there!

Dulcette

Processed some photos in the darkroom today, it never fails to amaze me...

Plant life

Picture postcards

A few photos from our holiday in Paris last summer..

Update

I made a rather brash purchase today and bought myself a Nikon point and shoot camera. Although I am utterly devoted to film I just decided I wanted to be able to take snaps of what I've been getting up to and upload them the same day, rather than have to wait and pay loads of money for photographs that really didn't deserve one of the thirty-six precious frames a roll of film contains. This move was also largely motivated by my other blog/online diary that I started at the beginning of this year, in which I plan to catalogue my twenty-first year in photos. I've been uploading the odd photo every now and then but my new camera will actually allow me to post regular photos of the exciting things I get up to, such as Dulcie eating cauliflower cheese. If you want to follow it you can, it's here.

For Dulcie

At long last

I'm off to Manchester today!

Me and you

Be my valentine..

Better late than never..

A room with a view