ART by Jude Tulloch

Category: Inspiration

  • Velazquez here I come

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    Next stop Madrid. Can hardly wait to immerse myself in art there. This painting of Santa Rufina painted by Diego Velazquez in 1629 -1632  hangs in the small gallery established by the Fundacion Focus-Abengoe, Seville.  It’s worth a trip to the Hospital de los Venerables, a 17th century Baroque mansion and a quiet retreat providing…

  • Sketchy flamenco

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    I feel some flamenco coming on.

  • Graffiti artists

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    I’ve only just become acquinted with the graffiti of artist El Nino de las Pinturas who lives in Granada. Wow. I arrived this evening and hope to track down some of his work tomorrow. Spent the morning soaking up all the street art here.  Everything from clever, edgey, disturbing decorative to commercial. Too much to…

  • Mosaic Stepping Stones

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    You don’t have to be a practising artist to add artistic touches in your garden.   This stepping stone is part of a family series created with the help of grandchildren. Each child has their own step and of course there is Grandma. If you have a creative bent, you can design your own pieces, like…

  • The creative process

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    I conceptualised this work as a close up element of my last horse painting. It was to be three horses bursting out of the canvas. But the white mare – for she is surely a mare in foal – looked so gentle and serene that  I abandoned the original concept.  She dictated a change in…

  • A reluctant blogger

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    There is something highly seductive about the business of blogging. There-in lies my reluctance as a blogger. Why then, did I create this site? It marks a turning point for me; a serious commitment to my art. In the past my relationship to art was a de facto one, sometimes committed, but often estranged. Like…