I’m delighted to be talking about the inspiration of old churches in the beautiful surroundings of the Churches Conservation Trust’s St. Petrock’s as part of the Parracombe Arts and Literary Festival.
Admission is free, but you’ll need to book here: www.ticketsource.com/parracombe-c... #art
It’s been a wonderfully engaging match. I think Somerset will see it through, that view has changed a number of times during this innings, though!
A lovely surprise on Saturday evening, on my way to a concert I passed by Churchgate Gallery in Porlock to see my ‘Storm at Crowcombe, 1724” in the window. #art #artist
It’s #WorldArtDay today, so here are just a few of the pieces I’ve completed in recent months.
If you’d like to support my work you can find some of my linocut prints here: timgodden.co.uk/shop/linocut
And if you’d like to acquire an original work please do get in touch.
#art
The Hell of the North is almost upon us. Here are a few illustrations from down the years, inspired by this iconic and storied race.
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#parisroubaix #cycling #cobbles #illustration
On 9th April 1917, whilst smoking a pipe in his dugout doorway, the poet and writer Edward Thomas was killed.
His greatest legacy, his writings, still influence the way we perceive place and consider our place within the landscape.
#ww1 #linocut #art
A churchyard sketch from the last day of March.
I’m not a religious person, though I find a wander down to the church, either to sit and think in the silence or to sketch whatever takes my fancy, helps to clear my mind and both inspire and prepare me for what comes next.
Upcott Folly, Barnstaple
A new work depicting the folly built by Lt. Col. William Harding that looks down on Barnstaple.
#art #fineart #Devon
Goodness me, Jessica, that sounds horrible. I’m so sorry to read it and hope you are doing as well as you can in the circumstances.
Churchyard textures from a new piece. #art #britishart #churchyard
A recent visit to my local Churches Conservation Trust church, St. Petrock’s Church, Parracombe, inspired this new work.
To me it is one of the gems of Exmoor. If you’re ever in the area do make sure to visit this wonderful place and be inspired yourself. #art #churchcrawling
Churchyard textures from a new piece. #art #britishart #churchyard
VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England.
I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
An apt date on which to find this in the Arlington second-hand bookshop, too.
Another beautiful Spring morning here at Arlington.
Hobart’s Mausoleum, Blickling, Norfolk
Another of my recently framed pieces waiting to go into the Spring Exhibition at Churchgate Gallery in Porlock.
#art #archutecture
Here’s another of my recently framed pieces, ‘Sir John’s Folly’.
This will be available from Churchgate Gallery, Porlock in the very near future.
#art #architecture
A few of my pieces have been framed for the Spring Exhibition at Churchgate Gallery in Porlock, and I think the framer has done a wonderful job.
Here’s my ‘Storm at Crowcombe, 1724’.
#art #artist #architecture
Spring mornings at Arlington.
Happiness is a selection of old books arriving to help with research.
I’m very sorry to have to share the news that my friend Richard Aldred passed away yesterday. It was an honour to have known him for the last few years of his eventful life.
Another of the voices of the Normandy summer of 1944 fades away into memory.
#ww2 #veteran
I first read Richard Aldington’s ‘Death of a Hero’ at art school, about the same time as I read Henry Williamson’s ‘Private’s Progress’. A few years ago I was fortunate enough to obtain this copy of the first book, owned by the author of the second. #WorldBookDay #ww1
This 1919 copy of Charles Hamilton Sorley’s ‘Marlborough and Other Poems’ belonged to his twin brother, Kenneth. When I hold it I can’t help but wonder about how he must have felt seeing his brother’s face staring back out of the pages at him. #ww1 #WorldBookDay
Hopefully for next year’s #WorldBookDay I will have my own book to share, but for now a few favourites from my collection will have to suffice.
Blunden is one of my favourite writers of the Great War, this signed copy of some of his poems is very special to me. #ww1
On the way home from Norfolk I stopped to photograph the Elveden war memorial.
Its siting at the meeting point of three parishes was central to its function as a memorial. Though with the widening of the A12 its grandeur in the landscape is now difficult to capture. #ww1 #memorial
IT MUST’VE BEEN HERE SOMEWHERE
Two veterans of the Great War, one the writer R. H. Mottram, look for the place of their memories on the old Western Front.
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#ww1 #illustration
DUNSLAND, 17TH NOVEMBER 1967
The great house of Dunsland in North Devon consumed by flames just days after the celebrations were held to mark its complete restoration.
#art #architecture
I have spent the last month or so researching and creating this large scale piece showing the November night in 1967 that Dunsland was consumed by fire.
Today I took the completed piece to the terrace in the landscape where the old house once stood.
#architecture #art #artist
There’s plenty to find, Dunsland’s story features in a number of books. It is a tragic story, and the loss still sits heavily on the land there.
DUNSLAND, 17TH NOVEMBER 1967
The great house of Dunsland in North Devon consumed by flames just days after the celebrations were held to mark its complete restoration.
#art #architecture