Hard to believe, but there's a cinema in this building. It's at Dartington Hall in Devon and has to be a contender the most beautiful cinema in Britain. #cinema #Devon

The wonderful work of the Flemish painter Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626-1679). He was active in Antwerp in the mid 17th century. #art #painting

The Bovey Tracey #craft fayre in #Devon was magical this year.

That's really nice. I'm trying ink #drawing - this one is a work in progress (the bathing house at Elberry Cove near Brixham). Will take a look at #drypoint

Another trip up #Dartmoor today with my #Nikon FE camera loaded with #Ilford HP5+ black and white film. I do love this beautifully engineered film camera. I think it's a thing of beauty. #Photography

#Photography on #Dartmoor today with my #Nikon FE and #Ilford HP5 film. The weather was nice and I had a flask of coffee with me so happy days.

It keeps eternal whisperings around desolate shores...
#Keats, On the Sea.
#poetry

Study of a kingfisher in pencil. #art #drawing

For my money, this has to be one of the best cinemas in the UK. Totnes cinema is unbelievably atmospheric, shows great (often but not always esoteric) films and even has a bar so that you can enjoy a glass of something nice. It's perfect. #cinema #movies #films #Devon #Totnes

Franz Marc's Fate of Animals (1913) was about animals being caught up in human wars but today it could just as easily represent the effects of climate change and environmental destruction. The artist was killed in World War 1. #art #ecology #environment #warfare #painting

Been up on #Dartmoor today. It's bleak but beautiful. #photography #landscape

Taking my new drawing hobby a step further with a butterfly. I think it's interesting how we perceive things both the same and differently in colour and black & white (if that makes any sense at all). #drawing #art #coloured-pencils

There some lovely walks on the coast of #Devon

Am still working on my #drawing and really enjoying it. To anyone feeling a bit stressed, I'd say pick up a pencil and try to draw something with care and attention. I believe you'll find it to be therapeutic. #art #mental-health

I recently discovered Maria Graham's (later Maria Callcott's) amazing journal of her stay in Valparaiso and Santiago, Chile, in 1822. I'm astonished she isn't more widely known. Her powers of observation were exceptional and her journal is endlessly interesting. She needs a biographer.

Absolutely, and I agree with the person who said the Belgians do this rather well, too. The beautiful effects can be quite subtle.

This was a spontaneous photo I took recently in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp. I think it works quite well. #photography

I really love this 1847 #painting by J.A Theodore #Gudin - "Jacques Cartier Discovering The St Lawrence River in 1535" #art #history

Am loving this book by @victoriafinlay.bsky.social about #colour and #pigments in the history of #art