THE RIVER OF NO RETURN

Do you remember that song?

It was running through my head as we trudged through the mud to get to the river, the river Fiastra which feeds past the Abbey on its way from the lake in the Sibillini mountains, and when I saw the river I began to whistle the tune.

Sad, you might think, but not so

In fact quite the opposite

Here it is, just us and the sound of the river and a stork, hovering about and curious as to what we might intend (as were we)

Another Art Wednesday, where we spend the mornings in nature here in beautiful Marche and become absorbed in its wonders when all the five senses spring into life and we make visual notes in  negative (e.g. you draw a tree by painting or with colour pencils ,you fill in the sky behind it. Think of a 35mm Black and White negative)

Then at 1oclock we head back to my studio, picking up our takeaway lunch for Cinthia at the bar  and relax for an hour or so.

The afternoon finds us manifesting our magpie mornings by turning these negative images back to positive.

Here are some examples of the process

The negative paintings and sketches and underneath the positive

Claudia Renzi negative image

Claudia positive

Duncan Campbell neg

Duncan Campbell imagine positivo

Judy Offord imagine negativo

Judy Offord, imagine positivo

Michael Eldridge negative

Michael Eldridge , imagine positivo

These are of course ART GAMES

They get us out in the fresh winter air, they stimulate our minds and they surprise us; a journey into the unknown

Other work from that day

Judy Offord aquarello

Claudia Renzi

A warm welcome to all those who might wish to join a workshop here in Italy, folks who feel an affinity with nature and a desire to create beyond themselves;  

Our creativity workshops at Cittadella in the Sibillini mountains of Italy this summer are from May through to September. They are all in both Italian and English

The Vibrations of Nature, (le vibrazioni della natura) (in both English language and Italian) June 1 to 6, 2022, Cittadella.

And Settembre 14 to 19, (le vibrazioni della natura) (in both Italian and English Language) 2022, Cittadella

contact Michael, email; micermice@gmail.com for further information.