Everyday number 12. I could draw trees all day… Once again made with Procreate on the iPad, playing with layers of colour and photographs. Absolute fun to create.
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Portal 1998
Everyday number 11. Another Portal, this time in 1998 – Stepping into Madrid for the first time. Anton Martin, Telefonica, Mahou… through a patio interior. All new! All welcoming! Below-right, someone keeping an eye on me to see how I get along. Top-right, a to-do list from today, linking back to the now.
Fate
Everyday number 10. Fate. I think I’m still obsessed with maps, place, fate, what my 8 year-old would have made of the fact that he’d end up living somewhere completely different… This is an un-self-portrait – no real likeness, but perhaps he looks like some part of me I guess. I’ve heard it said that allContinue reading “Fate”
Above Escorial
Everyday number 6. A beautiful walk above El Escorial this afternoon.
Map / Movement
Everyday painting no. 3. After 20+ years in Madrid, I occasionally think about the fate vs. free will argument. In 1998 it felt like I chose Madrid over Paris and Barcelona to do a CELTA teacher-training course. I was offered all three and went for Madrid. But far down the line, it sometimes seems likeContinue reading “Map / Movement”
Notes from Ben 