Djanogly Art Gallery
Today, Mrs C and I went to Nottm University's
art gallery to see an exhibition of paintings
all about recreational activities in the 1930s.
Overall, I was very impressed - there were some
fine paintings, and in the background the
gallery played some 1930's popular music to
create some atmosphere.
The exhibition closes on April 9th, by the way.
Harold Williamson painted the above picture,
entitled "Spray", in 1940. The original picture
is more brightly coloured as you'd expect, with
more natural skin tones.
You might be able to see the Renoir-like nude
in the distance on my photo below - it was
painted by Dod Proctor in 1934, who named it
"The Orchard". Initially I thought the artist
had used pastels, (in the style of Renoir), but
she created that effect with oil paints thinly
applied to the canvas. A fabulous painting.
(Click on this photo to enlarge it, and click
also on the next photo, on the small square
button that might appear at the bottom right
hand corner of it).
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As regards the blog title, I thought one about rambling would be more humorous and apt, so I checked out several variations on the title on Google to find something original.
I've tried out variations on colour, type, size and blending style of font, and think black Verdana looks the best. The print with paler colours looked great in Photoshop, but fuzzy when published in Blogger. So, I'll stick with this appearance for the time being... until I get fed up with it.
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