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Welcome to the John Scarland website.

This site carries much my work and journals over the years and right up to the present.

Do contact me with your thoughts and comments about the work and any requests for more information will receive prompt attention.

 

How to Paint PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 06 January 2012 12:09
2012 teaching by John Scarland
Art teaching for Spring 2012

Following a number of requests I have devised some new art teaching days for March 2012.

I find teaching art  beset with problems, for the artist is easily swamped with quick ideas and other peoples solutions and [ … ]

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 January 2012 15:05
 
Unfamiliar Rhythms PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 03 January 2012 15:03
Player by John Scarland

Gentle Music

My inclinations for these players are soft colour combinations on a background of pigeon grays. Such gentle shades invoke the beautiful sounds of Early Music like that of Guillaume de Machaut or Perotin. I play it now and then for its simple grandeur that can in turn elevate my spirits [ … ]

Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 January 2012 15:55
 
New Year PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 31 December 2011 21:45
firework by John Scarland
Happy new year to everyone - xx
 
Matters of the heart PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 02 January 2012 09:19
woman by John Scarland



This is a small painting, about A4 in size and not shown on this blog until today. It has been at this stage for a week or so and left for me to review. When to leave a painting is difficult - yet as soon as I say difficult - that makes it a matter for the intellect and I question such a statement w [ … ]

Last Updated on Monday, 02 January 2012 09:55
 
Chamber PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 30 December 2011 18:55
chamber by John Scarland

Working Drawings

I am always surprised when looking through old work files, that sort of year-end activity that happens easily on a damp afternoon. This one, 'Chamber' was a rare thing, sold long ago, I wonder where it is now.

I had some old drawings that I had acquired in a junk shop many years [ … ]

 
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