Windbreak

A cloudless day in Cornwall last week - rewarded after my first solo drive down to the South West. I like the idea of being an intrepid road tripper... 

Glass Magazine // Disco in the Dunes

Petra shot by Helen McArdle

Styled by me

For Glass Magazine

Wearing Preen, Shrimps and Alexa Chung

How I'll be looking on the beach this autumn

 

Lachlan Bailey and Geraldine Saglio for Vogue Japan

October 2016

Beach Breakfast

Majorca, September 2016

Monet's Girl

Comparisons between art and fashion shoots aren't always obvious, or even evident at lot of the time, but every now and then a really good one comes along to enjoy.

 I just saw this shoot for December's issue of German Vogue, and was instantly reminded of Monet's paintings of his wife Camille, particularly the ones painted on the beach

The Beach at Trouville, 1870 

Monet painted this in the open air, proof of which is in the sand stuck in the paint. The composition is thought to be extremely unusual for the time, due to its tight crop and lack of symmetry.

 

On the Beach at Trouville, 1871

 

Camille Sitting on the Beach, 1871

Fashion by Christiane Arp

Shot by Giampaolo Sgura

Vogue Germany 2014

Silk Screen Prints

Work from a project I did many moons ago, which resulted in a silk screen print I still really love.

Softened Glass

 Glass found on a beach near Newcastle, that have been worn and softened by the sand.

Terry Setch

Last night I braved the rain to go see the Terry Setch private view at Flowers, Cork Street. Mayfair galleries have that knack of making me feel a bit nervous, mostly in a good way. Getting out of the tube at Green Park and weaving through London's smartest streets, you can't but help think that what you're about to see is going to be good, or at least, thought of as good by a lot of important people.

 Time is Running Out, 2010-11

The Tide Swallows the Shore, 2011

 

Tide Shift, 2012

Setch works by mixing traditional materials with found beach objects - rubbish and debris washed up by the tide. By doing so these works become thick with paint and matter, encrusted and textured to the point that they almost press up against their glass frames. Ironically, the canvases are often paper thin which I found interesting, as to me a few of them started to resemble beaten steel or metal.

 Mud Flats, 2011

Setch lives and works in South Wales, which might explain why his seascapes aren't exactly brimming with sunshine. They certainly seemed to bring the outdoors in to the little Cork Street gallery last night. I liked the paintings because they reminded me of Cornwall (for a change). Memories of driving to the sea and eating pasties in the car while the wind rattled it and us inside. Weather like this for example:

Photos taken during a summer holiday in Cornwall.

Apparently Setch is very inspired by Turner, and I think once you learn that, his work seems to fall in to place.

Snowstorm, 1842, J.M.W Turner

Setch is a Royal Academician, to learn more about him see here. Alternatively  the Flowers' press release is a good port of call.

Cold Toes

Liverpool last week, and Min's late October Beachwear.