tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695485953549983842024-03-13T09:49:25.105-07:00studioeldridgeMichael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-38074023773776617702016-05-12T03:14:00.000-07:002016-05-12T03:14:08.817-07:00My Adriatic seriesHere is a new painting in my Adriatic series. The weather is an
influence here. I tell myself this. Truth be told though, I never really
know where these colours and shapes appear from. Just that they are the
result of being immersed in this environment; in nature if you will,
the sea, the trees, my garden, the skies.<br />
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Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-15706540083794235382014-11-17T07:55:00.000-08:002014-11-17T07:55:08.695-08:00Bluer, Biennale 2 Padova<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a new painting, one of a selection I am putting up in the Padova show. It measures 120cm by 120cm so quite large. Large enough in fact to propel me into finding a larger studio as I'm being squeezed out of current Russian wooden one in garden by surplus of past stuff which provokes my claustrophobic tendencies.<br />
Show opens November 29 at 1700 and it's at Studio Bluer, Via San Francesco76, tel +39 340 600 27 70<br />
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<br />Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-12938556782597014072014-07-18T01:15:00.000-07:002014-07-18T03:31:13.250-07:00An old painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This painting dates back to 1978 and has been selected by a new Gallery in San Severino as part of a group exhibition entitled 'Tender is the night'.<br />
It was spotted at an Art Party we held a few weeks back; I had it propped up against a wall in the garden and I hadn't given it any thought for years, although Lili has always liked it.<br />
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This is the exhibition which opens July 27<br />
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<br />Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-9409098380390961292014-05-09T08:53:00.001-07:002014-05-09T08:53:16.486-07:00Starstone Creativity: Coaching and the creative mind<a href="http://starstonecreativity.blogspot.com/2014/04/coaching-and-creative-mind.html?spref=bl">Starstone Creativity: Coaching and the creative mind</a>: the Sibillini mountains, our summer playground in Le Marche I'm a guest speaker at the ICF Global Conferenc...Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-24399300966454526192014-04-30T07:31:00.001-07:002014-04-30T07:31:53.794-07:00Death ValleyIt was unusually cool there, not the 100F they expect. Reason being the West was hit by a major storm which blew us out of California and across Nevada and dumped a metre of snow onto us wherever we stopped to rest.<br />
Here is an image of Death Valley, one of eight I exhibited in the Marmaris show<br />
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Great times with Jack and Judy and Mimi and of course LilianaMichael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-4660983644151453622014-04-28T01:30:00.001-07:002014-04-28T01:30:35.804-07:00Our show in Marmaris, Turkey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Colin Tracy, Steve Bray (the author of Photography and Zen) and I, shared an <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=731560050215911">exhibition</a>
in Marmaris, Turkey. It was great to be fussed over and welcomed in
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Stephen and Irem the most perfect hosts and the Turkish guests so sincere and charming.<br />
I have this idea of buying a boat and living there ;O)<br />
You can see us on <a href="http://www.marmaristv.com.tr/">TV </a>tonight (Wed) at 630pm UK time<br />
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<br />Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-87919792416021723942013-12-23T08:59:00.000-08:002014-01-07T12:18:38.983-08:00Concerto in Civitanova Alta, la pianista Lorenzo di bella, music Rachmaninov<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span>Our paintings from the exhibition Isola dei Morti were projected onto a huge screen behind the pianist.<br />
Here is mine, looks ominous on that scale, which I think is nice. <br />
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Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-70533224759186695962013-11-21T12:37:00.004-08:002013-11-21T12:39:12.318-08:00The Island of the Dead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a painting I have contributed to an Exhibition which opens at the PerMariMonti Gallery next weekend. And this is the text which goes with the painting in the catalogue..<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;">'Ogniuno di noi ha la sua isola dei morti.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Navigarla e oltrepassarla'</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Each of us has their own Island of the Dead.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">A cold and abandoned place with no meaning</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">and which cares not if we arrive, stay for eternity</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">or leave to live anew.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">It's best not to stay too long there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The show is a tribute to the Swiss artist Bockiln and his series of paintings</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">on this theme</span>Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-10704225352081364782013-06-25T11:52:00.003-07:002013-06-25T11:52:34.337-07:00My ExhibitionIt's called 'Omaggio alla Sibilla', 'Homage to the Sibilla' and is about my years spent 'neath her watchful gaze. Was up there on Midsummer's night with friends and we climbed her mountains to her cave. A stunning exper<span style="text-align: center;">ience</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">It opens July 6 at the Per Mari e Monti Gallery in Civitanova, vialle Vittorio Veneto 59, just a short walk from the Piazza xxx Settembre.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;">I'm exhibiting a bunch from this series</span>Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-77937338325386594442013-05-03T10:28:00.000-07:002013-05-03T10:28:39.932-07:00Homaggio alla SibillaIn fact I am still painting this series. Can't get it out of my head. Was up there May 1st and felt pulled towards these mountains. The sensation left me feeling weak, a feeling I couldn't explain to Liliana. You see, these mountains exert a powerful and ancient magnetism, which it is almost impossible to pull away from.<br />
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<br />Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-86196644300299595262013-03-12T02:34:00.001-07:002013-03-13T14:02:33.785-07:00Homage to SibilliniSorry I've neglected you dear Blog, but I've been working on a series of paintings entitled 'Homage to La Sibilla'. These are about my years living by the Sibillini mountains; mountains and memories, but more than that, they sort of embedded themselves in my DNA (can I say that?) and they are coming out in dreams and thus images. I think there are ten now and I can't wait to exhibit them together. Here is the latest.<br />
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Schmincke Ink, that's what I'm working with now. German as you might imagine.<br />
Germans make good ink.Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-26222263979858997332012-09-25T08:48:00.002-07:002012-09-26T00:31:17.981-07:00Skylarks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sad, that's what you are thinking.<br />
Sad that I lost my studio at Sambuco!<br />
But hey! All is not lost because look!<br />
I've built a new one at my new home and here it is.<br />
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It's Russian. No, really! It's a kit I imported from Russia. Less than half of the cost of an Italian one and</div>
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...spacious enough and I just need to connect water and electricity, nice eh? and I've already painted my first paintings in it so am feeling pleased. Next step, some trees, maybe roses or a nut tree. Notice dart board, Boy Scout knife, bow and arrows, tent, CD player, tennis racket...ahah!</div>
<br />Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-58211948802648749952012-08-18T12:02:00.003-07:002012-08-18T12:02:31.728-07:00Sibillini Paintings<div>
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These are a homage to the ten years I spent in the shadow of the Sibillini Mountains; a magical place and one which I miss already, living as I do now closer to the sea.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">The Sibillini
National park is Italy's newest and apart from all the magical connections with
the Ancient Goddess religions, it is also the home of wolves, bear and
squirrels. I jest here about the squirrels (but there are lots and they are
sweet and black)... but enough to say it's full of the most fascinating fauna
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returning knackered in the late evening to chew through our images and
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt;">Your fellow photographers Italian and English
speaking</span>Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-62164755987703028512012-04-13T08:05:00.006-07:002012-04-15T03:39:57.521-07:00CRASH SALE!!<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ctZK1fcHfFo/T4hAtEzDbeI/AAAAAAAABYc/a5s3zX01Z7k/s1600-h/newbig2%25255B14%25255D.jpg"><img alt="newbig2" border="0" height="179" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Ckh2Rm6UfMw/T4hAuPVtt-I/AAAAAAAABYk/xtk9jmGgqCU/newbig2_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="newbig2" width="244" /></a><br />
We are moving house and it’s stressful leaving my studio and having to accept a rabbit Hutch<br />
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Hence the worried expression<br />
I have literally hundreds of paintings, hanging on walls, stacked in every corner and going back years.<br />
I’m not very good at marketing myself I am told.<br />
So they are all for sale (all except my latest series as above and I don’t mean the rabbit) they are all for sale at 25% of original gallery and website prices.<br />
Which is... calculator ready?<br />
<b>Add length to breadth, multiply by 1.5 and there is your price in Euros. </b><br />
<b>Easy eh?</b><br />
Most you can see on my site <a href="http://www.michaeleldridge.net/">www.michaeleldridge.net</a><br />
Just drop me a line if you fancy a wondrous bargain<br />
And don't forget our workshops this summer;<br />
Creativity Workshop in Le Marche June 13 <a href="http://www.starstone.me/">www.starstone.me</a><br />
And a Creative Photography weekend in Tuscany June 28, details <a href="http://www.natashalythgoe.com/">www.natashalythgoe.com</a>Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-42379684529218778572012-03-17T10:39:00.002-07:002012-03-19T06:47:03.961-07:00What’s happening this summer in Italy?Well. I ‘m sure glad you asked, ‘cos we have two workshops (we being me and the chaps) and here they are<br />
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<a href="http://www.natashalythgoe.com/section596625.html">This</a> in the glorious wild lands of Northern Tuscany.<br />
And then for the creative soul searchers, we have an amazing event <br />
In Montefiore, The 4th of our <a href="http://www.starstone.me/#!our-journeys/vstc1=italy-june-2012">Starstone Adventures</a><br />
Both in June. Heady times!<br />
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And then, and then, Lili is organising a weekend with Jules Heavens; a weekend of sacred voice, singing the self and singing the Chakras, This on last weekend of May<br />
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</div>Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-49462892708042820182011-06-30T08:02:00.001-07:002011-07-27T06:48:54.750-07:00Haikus and paintings<h1><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HTttWVND-bw/TgyP83HglPI/AAAAAAAABSM/XrwUgCvutzA/s1600-h/annabel%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="annabel" border="0" alt="annabel" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Ec3ZmoxvcD4/TgyP9Zy3SgI/AAAAAAAABSQ/bJ0PgsRDMYY/annabel_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></h1><p><strong>Montefiore Creativity Workshop June 16 weekend</strong></p><p>This is Annabel, who has fully integrated with a painting. It’s incredible what Belgian girls can do! The weekend really was an explosion of creativity and between us we created not only paintings but 100 Haikus which we swiftly dispatched to California and the Universe in general (aka CTI’s creative artists forum).</p><p>It never ceases to amaze me, the power of group activity. </p><p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Zjtpob8gx08/TgyP_aaKsNI/AAAAAAAABSU/drKrAKwiepU/s1600-h/5%252520in%252520Italy%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="5 in Italy" border="0" alt="5 in Italy" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-jlrzHGakjdU/TgyP_wi1T6I/AAAAAAAABSY/z1vwBN72F8I/5%252520in%252520Italy_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184" /></a></p><p>Sea air, new friends and good Italian food. But most importantly of all, a profound reconnection with our creativity.</p><p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Ga10u7d6Fpc/TgyQCPBq2nI/AAAAAAAABSc/0EE2UO8nKbs/s1600-h/MF%252520fut%252520pic%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="MF fut pic" border="0" alt="MF fut pic" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-RdVH_soXWQY/TgyQCxDbXkI/AAAAAAAABSg/CacCHkdaJnI/MF%252520fut%252520pic_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164" /></a></p><p>A Haiku for you…</p><p><font color="#0000ff" size="3">Let me help you see</font></p><p><font color="#0000ff" size="3">Suffering is not needed</font></p><p><font color="#0000ff" size="3">You are really free.</font></p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000" size="4">Next workshop Sept 2 in Appignano</font></strong> </p><p>email; <a href="mailto:micermice@gmail.com">micermice@gmail.com</a></p>Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-50900116041746141392011-04-22T05:15:00.001-07:002011-04-22T05:15:04.284-07:00It’s marvellous!<p>Hiya!</p> <p>Guess what? Our first <b>Coaches lunch</b> on May 4th is full! 28 people have signed up for it. The next one is filling up fast. It's on Wed June 1st and the subject is 'Coaching and Education'...The speakers are Helen Gormley and James Sale.</p> <p><a href="http://thecoacheslunch.com/">http://thecoacheslunch.com</a> to find out more</p> <p>Our <b>creativity retreats</b> are filling up too.  Where you will rediscover your unique creativity</p> <p>and where you will soak in the beauty of Italy’s light and colour, and</p> <p>weave them into words and images.</p> <p>June 16 to 19 in Montefiore, by the sparkling Adriatic.</p> <p><b>The Creativity Journey of a Lifetime,</b> <a href="http://www.starstone.me/">www.starstone.me</a></p> Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-64848298954739426362011-03-10T02:14:00.001-08:002011-03-10T02:14:17.791-08:00Snowed up<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_MO_ooXfSZLs/TXikdbEfzlI/AAAAAAAABCk/gb-gAtP_YCA/s1600-h/snowstorm2%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="snowstorm2" border="0" alt="snowstorm2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_MO_ooXfSZLs/TXikeEy0ZqI/AAAAAAAABCo/hsmRPoRaZaU/snowstorm2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="182" height="244" /></a></p> <p>This is a new painting I struggled with, possibly because I was snowed in for five days with no heating and no electricity. It’s emotional (probably)</p> Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-50748348583174969282011-01-29T08:56:00.001-08:002011-01-29T08:56:39.894-08:00Creativity in Sant’Ippolito<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_MO_ooXfSZLs/TURGxPZMWtI/AAAAAAAABAQ/BFKtCkdu9RA/s1600-h/new%20red%20ptg%202%5B16%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="new red ptg 2" border="0" alt="new red ptg 2" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_MO_ooXfSZLs/TURGxuNzwmI/AAAAAAAABAU/eBkq0xlsVCw/new%20red%20ptg%202_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="188" height="243" /></a></p> <p>Dear friends,</p> <p>I am running a Creativity weekend in March, another experimental workshop for a small number of people; similar to my session last Spring in Appignano.</p> <p>It’s experimental in that sense that I want us together to try out new ideas, strategies I will use in Starstone sessions later in the year.</p> <p>The venue will be our home at Sambuco in Le Marche and for a small group of about 8 people. It will be hands on stuff; making a mess, playing, lots of fun and laughter (guaranteed).</p> <p>As well as playing like children we will also walk together, cook together, relax and delight in each others’ company.</p> <p>Dates; Saturday and Sunday March 19<sup>th</sup> and 20th</p> <p>The total cost is E125 to include meals, accommodation and workshop.</p> <p>For those coming from UK, extra days B&B can be arranged. Ryanair flights are less than E20 single at this time.</p> <p>For those of you who don’t know Sambuco and our beautiful area of Le Marche, here’s our Sant’Ippolito website <a href="http://sibillinislow.com/Sibillini_Slow/Welcome.html">http://sibillinislow.com/Sibillini_Slow/Welcome.html</a></p> <p>I do hope this finds you well and I send you my very best wishes for the New Year.</p> <p>Michael</p> <p>Cari amici, <br />Sto organizzando un week-end di Creatività in Marzo, per un numero limitato di persone, un ‘altro workshop sperimentale simile a quello organizzato in Appignano la primavera scorsa . <br />Sarà sperimentale nel senso che insieme tireremo fuori e proveremo nuove idee, questo workshop sarà un’anteprima dei prossimi corsi che terrò con Startstone in Autunno in Italia e in UK .</p> <p>La sede sarà la nostra casa il Sambuco nelle Marche il gruppo sarà massimo di 8 persone .</p> <p>Ci autogestiremo, parteciperemo attivamente a tutte le attività , faremo un sacco di disordine e giocheremo , il divertimento e le risate saranno garantite Ma, oltre a giocare come i bambini cucineremo e ci rilasseremo e faremo delle belle passeggiate , sarà un vero piacere stare in compagnia e ritrovarsi bambini.</p> <p>Date: Sabato e Domenica 19 Marzo e 2011</p> <p>Il costo totale è di Euro 125,00 incluso vitto e alloggio <br />Per chi viene da Regno Unito, c’è la possibilità di organizzare giorni extra nel nostro B&B.</p> <p>Per quelli di voi che non conoscono “Il Sambuco” e la nostra bellissima area nelle Marche, ecco il nostro sito web <a href="http://sibillinislow.com/Sibillini_Slow/Welcome.html">http://sibillinislow.com/Sibillini_Slow/Welcome.html</a></p> <p>Spero che questa idea vi piaccia, che veniate numerosi con l’intento di divertirvi , nel frattempo vi faccio i miei migliori auguri per il nuovo anno. <br />Michael</p> Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-66237442683446341602011-01-28T11:43:00.001-08:002011-01-28T11:43:48.473-08:00a fire painting<p> I painted this in my usual unconscious fashion, only to realise I’d been having a conversation with Jack about the volcano in Sicily (Etna of course)</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_MO_ooXfSZLs/TUMcb6fWKII/AAAAAAAAA_0/-t_CxfWLBH4/s1600-h/trial%5B9%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="trial" border="0" alt="trial" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_MO_ooXfSZLs/TUMccxsz3EI/AAAAAAAAA_4/yvZ_5Fgfuy8/trial_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="181" height="264" /></a></p> Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-30569098590955145762011-01-27T13:16:00.001-08:002011-01-28T13:11:08.487-08:00StarStone 2011StarStone is hosting three workshops in 2011, two in Italy at Montefiore, Le Marche and one in UK, in Norfolk. <br />Each of the workshops are complete Creative Journeys<br />Our extraordinary workshops are designed to rekindle your creativity. You will begin the exciting journey of revitalising those parts of yourself which may have fallen asleep over time. Your StarStone facilitators will re-awaken and challenge you, so that you will fully connect with the very essence of your original creative self.<br />Montefiore June 16th to 19th… RETREAT<br />The purpose of this retreat weekend is to find the still point that reveals everything as it is in our lives up until now. We step into that point through disengaging, stepping back, creating space, witnessing, unplugging and un-winding. Paradoxically, through this process, we find we are revitalised and see what is really important, what we can bring to the fore that will refocus us and create the next stage of our lives.<br />Montefiore Sept 15th to 18th… REFLECT<br />In this refreshing and challenging retreat we touch upon the very essence and significance of living within the present ‘time now’. As we reach that still point of the present moment, we see our selves reflected back through the eyes of the world around us; we experience what it is to be fully living in the present and how this is in fact the realm in which creativity waits for us, the feeding ground for poetry, music, painting, (indeed all the expressive arts), and where neither past nor future hold sway.<br />Voewood, Norfolk December 9th to 11th… EVOLVE (to be confirmed)<br />The focus of this retreat is individual evolution. To evolve is to begin to create ourselves as a clearer expression of our real and authentic essence. To thus finally evolve as a creative being, seeing each day as a creative opportunity where we become the master of your fate and metamorphasise into something new. What is it we can become? Anything and everything of course. It is where we begin to create a whole new cycle in our existence.<br />StarStone retreats are designed to take you on an adventurous voyage of discovery. Join us and explore the reflections of your past, the mirror of your present and the image of your future. <br /><br />For more details email; michael@starstone.me, or tel+39.3283535358Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-63321660562824418612010-12-29T09:41:00.001-08:002010-12-30T01:44:41.847-08:00New Year almost<p>Guess this’ll be my final painting for 2010.</p> <p>It’s about water and light but I suspect, too, that its existence has something to do with my visit to The British Tate and Turner’s exhibition there. Probably.<br /></p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_MO_ooXfSZLs/TRtysUsdunI/AAAAAAAAA_U/78VS1g-hyUw/s1600-h/C%27mas_painting3%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px;" title="C'mas_painting3" alt="C'mas_painting3" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_MO_ooXfSZLs/TRtys29KlII/AAAAAAAAA_Y/X8iHduQBob0/C%27mas_painting3_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" border="0" height="244" width="163" /></a></p>Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-869548595354998384.post-6577190852451711302010-12-14T06:54:00.001-08:002010-12-14T06:54:56.617-08:00Snow’s here<p>Hope it doesn’t last though, gotta get over those mountains and snow chains are dangerous.</p> <p>This is a new painting inspired by a visit to the Tate a few weeks back. Turner struggled with his paintings and so I thought I’d do the same. This one was a fight</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_MO_ooXfSZLs/TQeFNgUFTyI/AAAAAAAAA-o/F7fxwqEP1XY/s1600-h/Il%20rosso%20delle%20stelle%5B3%5D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Il rosso delle stelle" border="0" alt="Il rosso delle stelle" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_MO_ooXfSZLs/TQeFPVQBMZI/AAAAAAAAA-s/cBtVPTuDEVc/Il%20rosso%20delle%20stelle_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="175" height="244" /></a></p> <p>Not much different form what’s going on outside. Minus 3 and the stuff is settling ominously.</p> Michael Eldridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06389434668710459918noreply@blogger.com0