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ronnierennoldson
- Nov 20
- 2 min
Painting and Displacement activity #2 Yorkshire puddings: revisited
After my show in April, I decided to take a breather and regroup. Unfortunately, I took too long and found myself not having started...
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ronnierennoldson
- Oct 29
- 3 min
Pierre Soulages has died, and abstract art, is it really that difficult to understand?
Two things happened this week; Pierre Soulages, known for his black abstract paintings, died aged 102, and, it was discovered that a...
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ronnierennoldson
- Oct 12
- 1 min
Surprise!
Apparently, according to recent ONS data, the UK economy shrank unexpectedly by 0.3% in August. Its said to be due to a 'range of...
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ronnierennoldson
- Sep 29
- 3 min
Toothpaste: to be taken with a pinch of salt
After many years of going to the same dentist, today was the first that they discovered that I don’t use a fluoride toothpaste and...
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ronnierennoldson
- Sep 11
- 4 min
The perfect plum tart, is, from Germany.
It’s been a while since I visited Germany, and one of the rituals I miss is that of afternoon kaffee und Kuchen. It’s a ritual that...
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ronnierennoldson
- Aug 31
- 1 min
RWA ; the new galleries.
The new exhibition 'Earth: digging deep in British Art 1781-2022’ and the installation on the back wall by Richard Long shows off the...
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ronnierennoldson
- Aug 31
- 3 min
An alternative to the Great British Hero.
With the bank holiday weekend over, I remain astonished at the amount of war films shown on Freeview television but not surprised, given...
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ronnierennoldson
- Apr 20
- 1 min
The Mount Without : Solo show 11th April.
I knew that setting up just before a show and then taking it down the next day was going to make it a hard few days but even the...
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ronnierennoldson
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Solo show/Private view; finding light in shadow
11th April 2022 between 18.00 and 21.00 St Michael on the Mount Without (at the bottom of St Michaels Hill), Bristol. After the last two...
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ronnierennoldson
- Feb 18
- 1 min
Lest I forget exactly what he said
Is someone doing a lie count ? What the PM actually accused Sir Kier Starmer of was that 'he spent most his time prosecuting...
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ronnierennoldson
- Jan 7
- 3 min
34 million dead is not by mistake.
I was delighted that the ‘Colston 4’ were acquitted of criminal damage having admitted that they rolled the statue of Edward Colston into...
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ronnierennoldson
- Dec 19, 2021
- 2 min
Richard Rogers, Lord Rogers of Riverside died today.
Although I never met the man or was even in his presence, throughout my architectural career from student in Dundee to fledgling project...
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ronnierennoldson
- Dec 16, 2021
- 3 min
Bridget Riley and the difference between an Artist and a designer.
I recently watched a really insightful programme that featured a discussion between Bridgit Riley and Kirsty Wark (still available on...
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ronnierennoldson
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
Bristol Harbourside development.
One of the last projects I worked on while at CODA architects was a proposal to Bristol City Council for an undeveloped and what is...
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ronnierennoldson
- Oct 6, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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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