Dutch Masters captured light on canvas like few other artists ever have. How did painters who lived in Northern Europe, a place starved of sunlight for a good portion of the year, illuminate objects and moments so beautifully? These painters lived where darkness settles like a thick fog. The sun skirts the horizon and isContinue reading “The Anatomy of a Life”
Author Archives: ivyandpalm
A writer and photographer based in Oxfordshire.
Flourish
There is a tree peony in our garden that produces two different coloured flowers, one yellow and one white. The white blooms arrive on the scene first. They seem bold and sure of themselves in the early days of spring. As the light changes and the days grow longer, then the yellow peony flowers arriveContinue reading “Flourish”
Wayside Daisies and a Southern Lullaby
Interstate-10 was within earshot of my childhood home. The road cut through our town and past my neighborhood. I-10 connected the East Coast with West Coast of the United States. It was made of concrete slabs pieced together like a puzzle that created a 2000 mile path across the country. Connecting Florida to California andContinue reading “Wayside Daisies and a Southern Lullaby”
Ballast
We meet as our mothers, grandmothers and great grandmothers have done for generations. With the pretence of a simple cup of tea or coffee we weave ourselves into the tapestry of each other’s lives. Without fanfare, unnoticed by a busy world, we quietly come together to share our stories. Shared lives steeped in quiet moments,Continue reading “Ballast”
