Sunset on Monday night – the sky and the trees go crazy – in a good way.
Mad March Sky
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Public toilets, Woodhouse Moor, Leeds
Today is World Toilet Day, a UN program to draw attention to the sanitation crisis. 1-in-3 people in the world don’t have a clean, safe toilet!
These public toilets at Hyde Park corner in LS6 are now disused – a slash in the Council’s budget, we assume.
There are about 8000 public toilets left in the UK.
See also:
Public toilets, New Brighton, Wirral
Public toilets, Sea Palling, Norfolk
Chapel Allerton Arts Trail 2015
Chapel Allerton Arts Trail 2015 is underway! A good opportunity to see art work by local artists in your area!
I have 4 paintings at The Mustard Pot on Stainbeck Lane, LS7. You can also see work by James Bywood and Amanda Burton. The Mustard Pot is a friendly venue with a lovely garden, tea and coffee, real ale and award-winning food – not to mention the award winning artists…
The Arts Trail has been organised by Inkwell and is on until 12th September.
Cars go by
Cars go by.
They cannot see
the yellow spots.
Only the walkers –
the dog walkers,
the lonely walkers,
the walkers in love –
Only the nature lovers,
the poets,
the artists looking for inspiration –
Only the commuters taking short cuts and
the school children
on their way home
can see
the yellow spots.
~
Felling of the beech wood Save Gledhow Valley Woods
FGVW minutes January 2015 (see Selective Tree Felling section)
Spot the difference
Gledhow Valley Woods, Leeds
Also known as the combat tree. Because camouflage is the art of not being seen, practised by predators, prey, plants… and soldiers.
Saving the Beech Wood
Management proposals – Friends of GV Woods
Thirteen spots
Gledhow Valley Woods, Leeds
Beech trees in the local woods, marked with yellow dots in a proposed felling plan. I think the spots are giving the trees stronger identities…
Links:
Felling of the Beech Wood – Save Gledhow Valley Woods
Management Plan – Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods
The Lodge House
I was commissioned to make a portrait of this former lodge house, built in 1888 by Sir Charles Ryder, one of the original partners of Tetley’s Brewery. I drew the house a few times before I painted it. In the middle of one drawing about 300 or 400 geese flew overhead, very high up. They flew and honked their way west in a giant V-formation that changed shape as they went – but they didn’t make it into the painting.
Thorn Lodge, Roundhay
Seven at Night – Exhibition
Seven Arts, Harrogate Road, Leeds 7
Seven Arts in Leeds is a social enterprise and famous for putting on exclusive and high calibre gigs – jazz, blues, world, comedy, indy and more. Every month there is a new exhibition of artwork in the space. I’m pleased to be showing here again with a special pick of my recent paintings.
My new exhibition at Seven runs from 1st-31st October 2014. The official opening is on Wednesday 15th October, 6-8pm. Everyone is welcome and refreshments will be provided.
See you there if you can make it!
Chapel Allerton Art Trail 2014
The Three Hulats, Harrogate Road, LS7
Being local, I am honoured to have my paintings on show at The Three Hulats for the next two weeks as part of the Chapel Allerton Art Trail 2014, organised by Inkwell and Chapel Allerton Arts Festival. My pictures are in the darts room, so be careful. Lots of local artists are getting exposure during festival week. Download a map here.
The Official Opening of the event happens on Tuesday 26th August, 6-9pm. Follow the art trail along the 18 locations on Harrogate Road from Inkwell to Further North Bar (about half a mile). Everyone is welcome!
There’s an Art Trail Artists’ Talk on Thursday 28th August, 6-8pm at Inkwell. I’ll be taking part, along with fellow artists Nick Claiden, Helen Dryden and Fred Pepper.
Black July Woods
Indian Ink, Chinese brushes, Czech paper – come together in an English wood.
Jo Dunn 