Tallinn - KUMU

Kumu (kunstimuuseum)  is one of the largest art museums in Northern Europe.The complex itself is considered a modern architectural masterpiece. Curves and sharp edges mark out the copper and limestone structure, which is built into the side of a limestone cliff. The designer of the building is Pekka Vapaavuori, a Finnish architect who won the competition in 1994. Construction took place between 2003–2006.

   

Winter Lights at Canary Wharf

The main reason for the trip up to London on the 18th was to visit the Winter Lights at Canary Wharf. As usual, there was not enough time to photograph all the installations while there was still light in the sky and surroundings. It needs several planned visits but here are the ones that I liked. Most are taken at Crossrail Place, where there is a large indoor section of intriguing but, in many cases, incomprehensible exhibits!! We did like the one that scanned you, showed it on the screen for a short while and then fell away to dust!!

  

 

  

Guernsey South Coast Shores. 2. Moulin Huet

The sun was obviously in the wrong position to get a good view of the Pea Stacks from Moulin Huet - immortalised in the Renoir Painting but I enjoy using a Big Stopper filter to slow down the shutterspeed and capturing colours in the sea and rocks. A couple of monochrome conversions to see what the potential is for this medium.

 

Walsall

 A visit to Walsall New Art Gallery on my way to lecture at Cannock. There is an amazing exhibition by Tessa Farmer who uses natural dead insects, crabs and other animals to create stories that involve battles between the fairies. The fairies are sculpted on a minute scale from plant roots with wings from flies. Sounds bizarre - it is!!
The images from Walsall are all as taken - I did not realize when taking them that I had such limited colour palette in my views - not a trace of green anywhere!

Turner Gallery Margate

 The warmth of the Turner Gallery was very welcome after spending time on the promenade.