Author Archives: alicemason1
Los Angeles revisited
Desultory thoughts, written most days on my phone app. LA revisited. The feeling of an old stomping ground, workplace and home, combined with the association of parenthood. Sitting outside a cafe on Wilshire Blvd, sun on my back. Feels like … Continue reading
An Equal Stillness
An Equal Stillness. A painting in acrylic and gold, copper and silver leaf on canvas. A meditation on land and sea. For a forthcoming exhibition with fellow artist- painter Theresa Caruana. Dates and details to follow in the coming weeks. … Continue reading
Painting and music
My painting practice is almost always accompanied by music. Today it is the St Matthew Passion by Bach. Yesterday it was African Head Charge, especially Drums of Defiance. Mercurial me. 🙂 My beloved music carries me through life and helps … Continue reading
Freya’s Tears of Gold
May the tears you cried in 2019 water seeds you’re planting for 2020 🧡🧡 My painting Freya’s Tears of Gold is an homage to the painting by Anne Marie Zimmerman which in turn was an homage to Klimt. Acrylic paint … Continue reading
Falling in love with the Land
I met a man in deep midwinter who told me his first sexual experience was falling deep into mud resulting in orgasm. I was talking about the relationship with Land as the most visceral, profound and erotic a relationship we … Continue reading
Winter Solstice
The land was alive today. Or maybe it was me. Aligned as earth’s energy sang its December song. A walk around the apple orchards. Bare winter trees offering their branches skywards. An ancient landscape with vast oaks silhouetted against bright … Continue reading
La Manche
Painted the day before the election. A storm at sea.
Louisa
Beautiful Louisa, how can I write anything or enough, about today or about one so rarefied as you. Today we all said our collective farewell to you and tonight I have drunk a lot of wine, and have just returned … Continue reading
