A View From The Cheap Seats

Sunday, 24 March 2013

Photos From Lake Ontario

Firstly, apologies for the lack of activity. I have been very busy these past few months as I have emigrated to Canada.

Now that things have settled down I have found time to walk down to Lake Ontario with my camera. Waterfront Trail is a series of paths that follow the shoreline of the Lake. Sections 2 & 3 are where I am so today & yesterday I went walking.

Whilst the weather was better on Saturday it was still not cold and both walks were nice scrolls, though my legs were glad to make it back to the sofa!

Here are some of the results from the walks.

The rest of my photos are available on my Flickr page here

Friday, 11 January 2013

Tate Modern

I've never really fancied this Gallery due to not being keen on what is deemed "modern art". People like Hirst and Emin and suchlike produce nothing that I would class as art, therfore, this Gallery has been avoided on my visits to London. Due to bad weather during my trip in December I was in need of more "indoor" activites so I thought I would give this place an hour or two, to help pass the time. Whilst my opinion on the vast majority of "modern art" still stands, there were a few pieces that caught my eye and I thought I would share them here. Apologies for some blurry captions, I used my phone to take these photos.

Pino Pascali - Trap

Richard Long - Small White Pebble Circles

Kishio Suga - Ren-Shiki-Tai

Henri Matisse - The Snail

Piet Mondrian - Composition C (NoIII) with Red, Yellow and Blue

Georges Braque - Bottle and Fishes

Lee Krasner - Gothic Landscape

Barnett Newman - Moment

Claude Monet - Waterlillies

Rene Magritte - Man with a Newspaper

Tristram Hillier - Variation on the Form of an Anchor

To be perfectly honest I'm not sure what it was that drew me to these pieces (bar the Monet). I think they are quite varied in appearance. The only explanation I can think of it that they all are real things or that they have tructure to them (bar the Krasner) but even that painting has detail and is not just a mishmash of brushstrokes.
I hope you enjoy :-)

Saturday, 29 December 2012

My Friends Photographs

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I have friends who are really into photography. Whilst the subjects of their photos vary the results are still the same, beautiful photographs. They are all Members of Flickr Pro and thought it would be an excellent idea to share them with you.

Carine06