Spring

 

For the last few days I have been observing two families of Canada geese in Jephson Gardens. 

 

 

 

Two goslings in this family, and aren't they cute?

This is a much larger family and they hang around the river which gives them access to both Jephson and the the Mill Gardens

huddling together for comfort






gorgeous balls of fluff

going to mum

ahhhhh!






Lots of new life around - I haven't been able to locate the parents of these two who like to rest on the side of the lake






which is very convenient if you want to go for a swim.

Meanwhile, the swans are nesting

and the sun is shining - glorious shaft of light through the tree.

Vanessa Bell

 

I'm in the process of working on an essay on Vanessa Bell. I need to have images of her paintings at hand, and rather than keeping them to myself, I thought I would share them. No commentary, just the paintings so, enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 Cornish Cottage, 1900

 

 

 

 

Lady Robert Cecil, 1905

 

 

 



 

Julian as a Baby, 1908

Saxon Sydney Turner at the Piano, 1908

Iceland Poppies, 1908-09

The Hotel Garden, Florence, 1909

46 Gordon Square, 1909-10

Figure on the Beach, Strudland Bay, 1910-11

Strudland Beach (The Bathers), 1911-12

The Beach, Strudland, 1911

Strudland Beach, 1912

Conversation Piece, 1912

Virginia Woolf, 1912

Troubled: Portrait of Virginia Woolf

Frederick and Jessie Etchells Painting, 1912

Haystacks in Italy, 1912

A Room at the Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition, Matisse Room, 1912

Roger Fry, 1912

Two Figures (detail) 1913

Dancing Couple, 1913

Design for Adam and Eve Screen, 1913-14

Still Life on Corner of a Mantelpiece, 1914

Composition, 1914

Abstract Painting, 1914

Composition, 1914

Triple Alliance, 1914

Self-Portrait, 1915

Mrs S. John Hutchinson, 1915

Window Still Life, 1915

A Conversation, 1913-16 (oil on canvas)

Landscape, 1916

The Pond at Charleston, 1916

Nude with Poppies, 1916

Study for the Tub, 1916

The Tub, 1917

The Open Door, 1926

Figure Group with the Artist, Another Woman and Two Children by French Windows

Baie De La Reine, 1927

A Girl Reading, 1932

A Sussex Barn, 1945-50

Charleston, East Sussex, 1950-55

Dorothy Bussy at La Souco, 1954

Self-Portrait, 1958

Angelica Garnett and her Four Daughters, 1959




Work for the Omega workshops:

 

Rug, or Table-top design, 1913-14

 

 

 

 

White VI, 1913

 

 

 

Design for Lady Ian Hamilton's Rug, 1913-14

Maud Fabric, 1913

Bathers in a Landscape (Omega Screen)


Graphics:

Dust jacket for The Years

Dust jacket for Monday or Tuesday

for The Waves

for Three Guineas

for A Haunted House

for To the Lighthouse