ronnierennoldson
- Oct 6
- 2 min
German food: more than bratwurst.
I have to admit to being a fan of all things German, so you can imagine my irritation when in every TV programme or YouTube post I’ve...
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ronnierennoldson
- Oct 6
- 1 min
Shopping: same as it ever was !
Shopping is getting back to normal and we now know what cost society is prepared to put on that luxury: 800 deaths / week. Given that our...
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ronnierennoldson
- Sep 1
- 1 min
‘Land of many waters'. Paintings by Frank Bowling at the Arnolfini, Bristol.
'An idea of a view' I’ve just visited the fabulous new exhibition of Frank Bowling paintings, (open until 26th September 2021) comprising...
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ronnierennoldson
- Aug 17
- 3 min
NFT’s and why I will not engage with the cryptocurrency art market
Reasons I will not be engaging with the fashion for Artists to create Art as Non-Fungible Tokens! While the idea behind NFTs was, and is,...
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ronnierennoldson
- Aug 13
- 1 min
1961 and the Berlin wall goes up!
It is the 60th anniversary of the building of the Berlin wall: a moment when the whole of European politics changed and the threat of...
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ronnierennoldson
- Jul 25
- 1 min
Swiss Art Expo 2021 : The Artbox Project.
Im delighted that three of my paintings will be shown in Zurich as part of the Artbox Project in the Swiss Art Expo (dates 25-29th August...
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ronnierennoldson
- Jun 16
- 2 min
11 June 1987: an anniversary still within memory!
As Black Monday wiped £50,000m off the value of shares on the London stock exchange, Rick Astley released "Never Gonna Give You Up" and...
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ronnierennoldson
- May 18
- 1 min
Twelve Trees
Twelve of my photos of trees taken during the lockdown of November 2020 to April 2021 are now published (See also my January blog on Tree...
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ronnierennoldson
- May 4
- 1 min
#not_enough_art
Its great that galleries are opening up again and I've been to see a few socially distanced shows( RWA, That Art Gallery and Centrespace )...
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ronnierennoldson
- Apr 9
- 3 min
Lockdown displacement activity #23: making lists.
Emerging from this third lockdown has set me thinking about whether I could have managed the year better. It started with good...
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ronnierennoldson
- Mar 25
- 1 min
What's wrong here?
Irony at work. I saw these books in shop windows as I was taking a recent permitted exercise break from my laptop: either people are off...
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ronnierennoldson
- Mar 20
- 2 min
An Apology.
So, what’s the difference between the vigil held for Sarah Everard attended by 100’s of women wanting to peacefully assemble with other...
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ronnierennoldson
- Mar 12
- 2 min
Bread ..... pandemic displacement activity #17
I've been baking bread for years, starting with the basic albeit brick heavy white pan loaf from Mollie Weir's brilliant all purpose...
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ronnierennoldson
- Mar 12
- 1 min
Together Apart - Exhibition and Book
When That Art Gallery in Bristol closed on March 23, 2020 for the first COVID-19 lockdown, gallery owner Andy Phipps issued an 'open...
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ronnierennoldson
- Feb 21
- 1 min
@That Art Gallery
I really miss the feel of an art gallery; virtual galleries are fine but they cant compare to the feeling of standing in front of a...
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ronnierennoldson
- Feb 4
- 1 min
An Artist Emerging
With the absence of venues in which to arrange shows of my work, I decided to enter as many awards and exhibitions ( both real and...
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ronnierennoldson
- Jan 19
- 2 min
Gin
I thought that I’d try making gin; partly as a displacement activity during lockdown, partly because of the proliferation of micro...
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ronnierennoldson
- Jan 18
- 2 min
Protecting our Monuments?
In response to the toppling of Colston’s monument in Bristol, our Government have just announced that they will protect the ‘national...
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ronnierennoldson
- Jan 10
- 1 min
Tree portrait photography
Given the lack of available people to photograph I thought I'd try photographing trees and rather than documenting the particulars of a...
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ronnierennoldson
- Jan 4
- 2 min
Nostalgia in an age of pandemic; time for change.
One of the effects of pandemic induced lock-down is the dissociation one gets from the ordinariness of existence and the joy found in...
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