meanwhile back at the farm

2 more images in my Cars in a Wood series with the background image appearing first.  In the above image a Healey 3000 should emerge.

Two images from Ute Rakob scanned from cards she gave us.

Altare degli animali
 An image that measures 75x35 cm/ 145x50 cm/ 75x35 cm

Vom Roten Buch
measures 50x65cm

recent trip to Vienna

Recently back from rail trip through Vienna, Prague and Berlin.  In Vienna met artist Ute Rakob, trained in the Viennese School and is a serious artist.  Her work turns thrown away material into icons of great power and beauty.  Here she is in her studio with a painting of her manikin.  Each painting can take many months to paint. They have a profound, meditative, timeless quality and the transformation and closely observed surfaces of textiles and metal I found very enriching.