On this Twelfth Day of Christmas, a last image. Robin Tanner was one of the English artists who were much influenced by a 1926 show of Samuel Palmer’s work at the Victoria and Albert in London. Somehow it seems fitting to catch a final glimpse of the receding holiday from high up and far away. The vantage point might also be the start of a story that moves down into the lit street with evening pressing in from the countryside beyond. And it seems to hold secrets—always a good beginning for art.
Picturing a World
Twelfth Night, 2018
January 5, 2018
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Christmas
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Jan 06, 2018 9:12 AM EST
The etching is exquisite. The detail of each section is so beautiful. The opening of the door with the look of fire light coming through and the branches across the bottom at the right is all balanced with the small drawings of people. It's hard to see them, but there is activity going on with people talking to each other or holding some object toward the background - a circle with a stick attached.
I remember seeing something on TV or on the internet that looked like an etching that was described as drawn in "real time" from the 1400s of a small child standing next to a house in a rural area. Someone had taken the etching and put it into a viewfinder to see it more up close. I was trying to find this for you to give you the link, but nothing came up.
Happy New Year to you,
Pat
- Patricia Franzino
Jan 09, 2018 8:58 AM EST
You have such a good eye, Pat! I love this etching. Thank you for letting me see it the way YOU do.
And Happy New Year to you, too.
- Katherine Keenum