Monthly Archives: April 2015

Portrait of the artist as a young woman

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Helen White

This year, I set myself a new goal – to master the art of portraiture – and so I set to it in the early weeks of January. What resulted (and this one is not of me, I hasten to … Continue reading →

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Is “art commission” an oxymoron?

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Helen White

Art is fluid, art is inspired, art doesn’t know where its going until it does. When I’ve finished a work of art, I could never hope to reproduce it as I could never retrace the zillion steps that took me … Continue reading →

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Turning history on its head

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Helen White

These last weeks, something made me dive back into that very old interest of mine, researching my family history…but not at all in the same way as I looked at this before. I had grown weary with this ‘hobby’ years … Continue reading →

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Light filled

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Helen White

A year ago,  I painted a tree that had just come into blossom, on the corner by the hidden lake in the forest where I often walk. In fact, I painted it twice; the resultant paintings being called ‘Rebirth’ and … Continue reading →

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Health reunited

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Helen White

This post is something of a newsflash – I have created a sister blog to this one which, going forwards, will concentrate on topics exclusively to do with health and lifestyle choices, leaving Scattering the Light to concentrate on bigger … Continue reading →

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