London week.

This trip is always good!  First, Tate Modern and Tacita Deans huge film exhibit
in the Turbine - but for me the Highlight was Gerhard Richter!!  Absolutely wonderful.
I didnt realise how varied his work is - its so difficult to say how great this exhibition
is - that my suggestion is GO AND SEE IT!  I believe its still on until 8th January 2012.
There are 13 rooms full of Richters work - loads of beautiful art.  I also purchased some
special paper I wanted in the shop so I`m hoping to complete my paper works next week.
Assessment is looming and I must complete my work for this semester, to enable me to
continue with confidence.
Tuesday morning was the Saatchi Gallery and most of the work was from Germany.  It was very eclectic and there were some I liked very much.  Unfortunately, I dropped my
trusty camera outside whilst trying to post the Lightworks postcard - it did actually take
the picture - but it is giving a bit of trouble in downloading to computer.   I`m sure there
is a way!  We were really lucky with the weather in London and I`m sure the walking
did us the power of good.  The West End Galleries were great and the variations of
works with light and movements amazing. Paul McCarthy is worth a research if you
are looking for really up to the minute art.  Explicit some were, but thats art.
On Wednesday morning as a threesome we decided to trawl the National Gallery, but
we had no chance of seeing the Da Vinci as the queue was around the building - still
The Portrait Gallery was beckoning one of us and as one of the two left we went into
the Photographic Competition exhibition - and that again was good and busy.  We had
refreshment then went on to the Kings Place which is just around the corner of Kings
Cross, where the Portrait Competition was being shown (In which our friend and

Leaving the Tate.

local artist, Linda Ingham had been selected) in a vast contemporary space which appears to be used for conferences and meetings in amongst the art-work.  The
competition had already been judged but being selected is an  honour in itself. A great deal of the work was self-portrait as was Linda`s work.  I think by this time we were all
running on gas!  It was now time to depart London for Home.
Thursday brought another rush to bear as I| made my way to meet Barrie and Caroline

`Graffitti`  by Wooton Children.

at Wooton School to procede on with our promise to help the children to make a
candle to present to the local church. It is in honour of the 200th year of the Church of
England Schools in the diocese. It has some finishing to be done by us and a plaque
to be put in place, which has yet to be inscribed on brass.
Onward with hope for reasonable marks - ciao!

 LIGHTWORKS LOGO EVERYWHERE!

EVEN AT THE SAATCHI!