The Flower Stalls of Malaga

I am working on a series of photos on the flower stalls of Malaga. A lovely wee project to take time over in my last two days here.

Hilma of Klint II

I wish I could have taken photographs in the exhibition, to show you the works but it was not permitted so here are a couple of Hilma of Klint's compositions. They are stunning when you see them, as they have a great scale, presence and joy.

Hilma of Klint I

Also at the Picasso Museum in Malaga there is  a temporary exhibition of the work of Hilma of Klint(1862-1944). 
I had seen individual pieces of this artists work before and it was great to see her work in a large collection. 
Hima is now being heralded as the mother of abstraction as her compositions predate abstract works by Kandinsky, Mondrian and Malevich. 
Hilma's art generally explores those hidden forces that we cannot see and struggle to understand.
The works are full of balance, beauty and a desire to understand, and yet they stand alone as phenomenally beautiful works with soul lifting colour and interplay of forms and pattern.
Above: Swan 17 (1914-15)

Picasso

I Really enjoyed visiting the Picasso Museum in Malaga on Sunday so lovely to see his ceramics, sculptures and paintings and to think of this great artist creating these pieces that you are standing next to. 
I loved the humour in his work you can imagine the twinkle in his eye as he was making some of these pieces.
The gallery is a wonderful tranquil space with a great courtyard cafe where the fattest pigeon was taking a calm bath in the water feature, it just sat there enjoying the cold water, I am sure Picasso would have drawn it was he there.

Love Letters on Prickly Pears

I am in Malaga this week with my work and yesterday spent a wild day running around getting my bearings and seeing what there was to see. 
I don't see what other people see, so what I saw was all of the love letters inscribed into the leaves of prickly pears, so  . . . with love from Malaga.

José Sanabria

I have flown and landed, slept and woken but it is still not light and I have not got my barrings. 
So it is this illustration of a flying elephant by José Sanabria, that has caught my attention today, from 'Huellas en la Arena' by Maria Teresa Andruetto who won the 2012 Hans Christian Anderson Award. 
José works in collage and paper mache amongst other media to create wonderful illustrations and three dimensional work.

Alexanders Bicycle by Elizabeth and Gerald Rose

I am racing today, to get a plane and fly off to Malaga, Spain. This book; Alexanders Bicycle by Gerald and Elizabeth Rose just landed on the door step and these images from it express how I feel today. 
I hope your weekend goes with a boooooom of fun. 

Matti Pikkujämsä IV

My last post on Matti Pikkujämsä this time to show you some of his illustrations for classic fairy tales top there is 'Billy Goats Gruff' and bottom; 'The Town Musicians of Bremen'.

Leire Salaberria

Illustrations from Pashmina Gorria by Leire Salaberria winner of the Peru Abarka Award 2013. Leire Salaberria lives and works in San Sebastián and has had many books published across the Spanish speaking world.

Matti Pikkujämsä III

Finnish illustrator Matti Pikkujämsä has no website I have scrabbled around the web trying to find images of his work which I think is very special, I wish his books were published in English but then they would probably be altered beyond the text and I just love them their fun, colours and composition. These images are from the book Сокровища лесных эльфов by Реетта Ниемеля

Trendafila Trendafilova II

I love these simple line paintings by Trendafila Trendafilova, painted on a jigsaw base of emulsioned newspaper and yellow pages.

Trendafila Trendafilova I

Trendafila Trendafilova is a young artist who's work reminds me of 1930's-50's work in its semi abstraction and pared down almost sculptural imagery. It brings to mind Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson and the style of their era. 
(thank you)

Gerald Rose, The Great Oak

I am still collecting books illustrated by Gerald Rose, I absolutely love his illustrations as you know, but also I love these older children's books because of  the values and the quality of the writing. 
There is a great sense of care, community, wonder and nurturing and great story telling. This book tells the story of an oak tree and features some of it's uses through the centuries, and some of the animals who take shelter and eat it's fruit, as well as the way children, play, swing, climb and built tree houses in its great branches.

Janusz Stanny II

 Janusz Stanny's visual technique of containing elements of the image's content.