It was a delightful interlude to our day of culture.
From there, we went to the upstairs gallery to view the five rooms of current works by RSA Watercolourists. Oh, my word. We have been disappointed with this annual sales exhibition for the past two years. This year, we each found several in all the rooms that we would happily have swagged! We spent AGES viewing these and often returned to the favourites.
I didn't go mad with the clicking in this show... just too busy enjoying it, frankly. However, there were two or three that I just adored and will turn up in the Menondays posts. Mac1 and I have varying tastes, but there were a couple that we both agreed upon as being sheer delights. The works of Ruth Thomas were of particular appeal to us both (and I now discover that she is an expat Aussie!) Others that kept us intrigued were Alison Dunlop, Sheila Anderson Hardy, which is one I know David Gascoigne will appreciate, as he will the next, Jonathan Sainsbury.
We were fast running out of opening hours! The third and final exhibit was In Orcadia. I am simply going to share my images from this, with the relevant info bits, and you can take what you will from it (or view further online via that link). There was one piece from here (the Sunset by Victoria Crowe) that I am reserving for the regular ArtVibe posts.
After this, it was back on the 31 and a cuppa tea before crashing for the night. The third day with Mac1 was at home, watching her stitch her quilts, create some dyed fabric and just generally chillaxing. We made our farewells after brekky on the Thursday, and I turned The Grey's wheels south and west again.
Morning YAM so much eye candy. Both your meal and Ann's looked delicious. I'm a fan of sourdough.
ReplyDeleteAny sister day is a good one no matter what you do. Lovely images and I thank you for sharing.
Hugs Cecilia
OMCs I just finished up with part one...How did I miss that...ironically I had an annual eye appt yesterday obviously I might need new glasses.
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This is really interesting! I like art. Take care! XX
ReplyDeleteA fascinating post but, to be honest, I keep going back to your salad. 🙂
ReplyDeleteMuch of the art here is beyond me.
ReplyDeleteA day artfully spent!
ReplyDeleteSister time made me happy to read about.
ReplyDeleteDoes Ann make quilts for competition? I'd love to see them when you have a spare blog post.
I need to send you a picture of a creation my Sister in law made for a USA quilting competition.
500 entries. they were given a theme and a package of very very $$$ fabric of all sizes. Everyone rec'd same package. The rest was up to their creativity.
Hugs Cecilia
Wow! All that Labradorite! My dad had some of that in his vast collection of rocks, minerals and gemstones. (He was a Jeweller/Watchmaker/Clockmaker/Gemologist...)
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting exhibition!
I think I might like both the salad and the soup!
Hello ,
ReplyDeleteI almost missed this post. Your meal and dessert sound delicious!
I enjoyed the art work and collection of rocks. You had a lovely day with Mac1.
Take care, have a wonderful weekend.
Hi Yam - I definitely would go for both your lunch choices ... too good to read about. The exhibitions you've been to see - look so fascinating ... and thanks for the links across ... David will be pleased to be associated with the Sainsbury ones ... cheers Hilary
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