Right I think my feet are firmly back on terra firma after buzzing around these last couple of days like a bee on Prozac. It’s been really exciting and not that I wish myself ill but my lofty 51 year old body can only take so much buzz before it starts to show signs of physical […]
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Show Me The Monet
There is great excitement and much tail wagging in studio Anne Blankson-Hemans as I write this blog. Many of you will have followed my metamorphic journey as I made the decision to transform myself into a full time painter/artist. The journey has not been easy, but then I didn’t really expect that it would. However, […]
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It may come across as arrogant self appreciation if I say I am good at art. However my feeling is artists have a devine gift which is to be used for the purpose for which it was given. So an artist must strive to be the best they can to appreciate and share their gift. […]
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By AnneBH
Posted in Metamorphosis , Adinkra symbols, anne blankson-hemans, Ghana, Ghana symbols, Ghanaian artist, Ghanaian painter, Sankofa |
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It is of course no coincidence that the first completed painting I have this new year is this abstract entitled ‘On Reflection‘. The painting is based on a mythical bird that is part of my Ghanaian culture. The bird ‘Sankofa‘ has its roots in one of the ‘Adinkra‘ symbols of Ghana. So of course […]
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This is a view of Sherwood Island in Connecticut, yes US of A and I have just received a commission to paint my interpretation of it. It’s fantastic and encouraging that I should get my first painting commission so soon after announcing my new role as a full time artist and the fact that it […]
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By AnneBH
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Time and time again I am so thankful that whatever traumas I face in my life the one thing I can do over and over again is to climb through the little vista that takes me from the real world to the warm and cosy world I create in my paintings. For the past week […]
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By AnneBH
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I guess in order to explode the myth of the starving artist I must at least live the life of a starving artist musn’t I? Not sure this is necessarily true but is true in my case as I continue my metamorphic transformation towards my life as a full time artist. Perhaps I should have […]
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By AnneBH
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I’ve spent the last two days weeping quietly in my heart over someting I considered to be close to an ultimate act of betrayal and wondering how best I can come to terms with living in this dog eat dog world whilst maintaining my own values; wondering whether it is ever necessary to change those […]
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I was up with the larks and so eager to start my day I gobbled up my spiritual breakfast with the impatience of a puppy eager to get off it’s lead to run round the park my tail wagging with equal vigour. I am not sure I have felt such alliterative energy, eagerness, enthusiasm and […]
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Well, here we are… fanfare, drumroll and trumpets sound as I enter with a flourish the last day of my countdown to my artistic independence. My friend Seiwa tells me I had elasticated the boundaries a little as I approached D-day as I had no real vision of what exactly I would do once I […]
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