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Dawn: The Restless Earth, Sidmouth. 2014. gouache, Otter Sandstone and collage on card. 20x15cm
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Dawn: The Restless Earth
After Frances Hatch
Waves of colour
break on the shore.
It is dawn
after millions of years –
a moment
when the make of you
meets what comes to hand –
blackberry juice
staining
the sketchbook page,
rainwater mud
Otter sandstone
which remembers the desert,
torrents that drowned
an early reptile,
a bit broken
from Pangaea
apparently
coming to rest
on this beach
at this hour
when you put in your hand
mixing the raw stuffs
with liquid yellow,
colour the sun makes
covering up
rifts & sandstorms & falls
leaving for now
this stillness
seething
in a deep pool
from which what rises
is something new –
a human word
Waves of colour
break on the shore.
It is dawn
after millions of years –
a moment
when the make of you
meets what comes to hand –
blackberry juice
staining
the sketchbook page,
rainwater mud
Otter sandstone
which remembers the desert,
torrents that drowned
an early reptile,
a bit broken
from Pangaea
apparently
coming to rest
on this beach
at this hour
when you put in your hand
mixing the raw stuffs
with liquid yellow,
colour the sun makes
covering up
rifts & sandstorms & falls
leaving for now
this stillness
seething
in a deep pool
from which what rises
is something new –
a human word
Jeremy Hooker 2015
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Sea-Kale (Crambe maritima) bloom in a gale. I allowed myself to pick a couple of leaves of what was once an abundant plant. It was popularised in the 18th century and was traded on markets and even exported. It is in decline due to instability and disturbance of coastal habitats.
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in progress...
Cogden Beach. Sea Kale and Cabbage. gouache and local materials with animal protein size on MDF.
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Sea-Kale tastes very good indeed- and was prized in the past as a vegetable delicacy- especially where blanched by growing up through the shingle. Gardeners' Question Time (Radio 4) was discussing the complexities of growing blanched celery this afternoon. Apparently by piling up the shingle around the Kale shoots one can retain their pale delicacy.
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in progress...
detail: Cogden Beach. Sea Kale and Cabbage. gouache and local materials with gesso and animal protein size on found wood.
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Sketchbook page: moon rise over Sea Cabbage and Horned Poppies in bloom
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- STUDIO NEWS
- Working trip to NORTH NORWAY in September. I like to immerse myself in clean, cool open space regularly. Meeting new landscapes has been a life long pleasure.
- EARTH: This is a 24pp colour publication (A5) with a foreword by Professor Simon Olding and an essay, sketchbook notes and images by me. This is available to buy at £8
Download here for free.
EARTH by Frances Hatch pdf download
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- RESEARCH GRANT: THE GATEHOUSE GALLERY, GUERNSEY. I have been awarded a research grant as their first visiting artist. I'll be making work on the Island and exhibiting there. Meanwhile I've been invited to contribute to SPECULATE.
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COURSES
- Summer School at West Dean College just ended. A splendid week of chillis, lobster illusion and charcoal dust.
- FOUNDATION DIPLOMA IN ART & DESIGN awarded by West Dean College. I'm currently working with the part -time Foundation students at West Dean College. I'm helping to support their 1 or 2 year creative development through an initial induction weekend, drawing days and tutorials. It is immensely rewarding work...and most importantly it offers participants skill acquisition (the college has a wide range of short courses) alongside individual mentoring.
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