I have recently discovered the power of Dynamic Symmetry, its origin, its stipulations and history. One quote from the person who put the principles together, Jay Hambridge, is worth mentioning: “As moral law without intellectual direction fails, ends in intolerance, so instinctive art without mental control is bound to fail, to end in incoherence. In Art the control of reason means the rule of design.” (Hambridge, Jay. The Elements od Dynamic Symmetry. Dover Publications, Inc., New York. 1967). I would urge you to incorporate dynamic symmetry into you static compositions.

Drop Redoubt is a fort on the Western Heights, Dover. The construction of the Redoubt was in two periods, the first being from 1804-1808 during the Napoleonic Wars, the second from 1859-1864 following the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commission. These images are from the ditch point of view. Apparently forts have ditches, castles have moats mostly filled with water

Cherries and a blue bowl, not being the season I hunted for both. The generosity of Badger Badger, a coffee restaurant in Deptford, London, provided me generously with the bowl.

On the thames path with just my iPhone...

Visiting a museum recently, viewing a medieval painting of an angel I had the inspiration to portray one of my own interpretation, setting it in the pagan world of Andean traditions.

Visiting Valencia at the beginning of the month found The City of Arts Sciences a voyage in time. Santiago Calatrava was in fact born in Valencia.

The angels' rest...

Continuing with trying to reduce the gap between traditional photography and traditional painting...