Anne Welsh
@annewelsh.bsky.social
Reading, writing and cataloguing books 📚
"Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life." - Hermann Hesse 🎨 Julia Tar
'The Albert Bridge' (1966) by Edward Bawden
I recently purchased at auction one of SR Badmin’s sketchbooks. I had to have it because I’d spotted that one of the pages contained a study for an illustration in the Ladybird book ‘Trees’. As close as I’ll probably ever come to owning original Nature series artwork 😊
A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt via Smithsonian Magazine
It was great joining Njideka Akunyili Crosby—a gifted Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist—to unveil our first portrait together. This piece reflects so many chapters of Michelle and my story, and we’re thrilled that it will be on display at the Obama Presidential Center starting this Juneteenth.
Obsessed with this 1735 illustration of hammerhead sharks from Japan
Why art and artists matter.
Damian Barr@damianbarr.bsky.social · last yr."The world is burning. Fascism is rising. Countries are falling. And we’re on the brink of incredible technological change, which will either be the end of everything or a new beginning. So, who needs artists?" I've written about what it takes to make art & live bravely. tinyurl.com/bdfjszbu
“My solitude is my treasure, the best thing I have..” •A.S Byatt Yehan Wang art
'Woman wiring an early IBM computer' from the 'Documenting Science' series (1938-58) by US photographer Berenice Abbott #womensart
"I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom." ~ Simone de Beauvoir The Sunlit Interior 🎨 Carl Holsøe
Happy weekend! Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago! 🐙❤️ Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology
English artist Vanessa Bell’s book cover designs for (her sister) Virginia Woolf’s texts (1920s-30s) #womensart
"If I could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint." (Edward Hopper) (Edward Hopper, Room by the Sea, 1951)
Some of the fine illustrations by Edward Julius Detmold featured in Fabre’s Book of Insects (1921). More on the book here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fabres-book-of-insects-1921
We cannot allow the Epstein files narrative to just fade away. This reading room is brilliant and what they have done here ensures that. #BelieveTheSurvivors
Strawberry plant from "A Curious Herbal Antique Botanical Illustration", 1737 by Scottish botanical illustrator/author and engraver Elizabeth Blackwell #WomensArt
Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring will be shown in Osaka, later this year, and the press conference was as Japanese as you’d expect #Vermeer
