Arts | Oh To Bee

The reason I chose it was for the clean lines and geometric shapes which appear to be piled on top of eachother and that wonderful bright red colour of the buildings, it has the effect of emphasising the darkness of the windows where there are no signs of life at all. I also love how the buildings fill the canvas so it's like a cropped view (like a photo) which suggests it's just a small snapshot of a much bigger picture - the American city in the industrial age (where people are almost superfluous). I also love the fact that there are no details, it's very simplified and the focus is on colour, shape and shadow - a really striking picture!'

Paula Cave

Michelle painting St Giles

Oxford Cool Modernism Workshop; the streets of Oxford on Dartington Terrace: Alun, Chris, Monica, Kate & Michelle

Our response to the American Cool Modernism exhibion shown at the Ashmolean Museum in 2018

Al painting the Sackler Library

Chris painting rooftops and the Blatnavik School of Government

Kate painting Taylors on St Giles

Monica painting the top of Little Clarendon Street

VIEW FROM

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

Leisure by

William Henry Davies