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Cricket is Art
2 years ago, at the start of FebruaryCricket is Art.
Post-Ashes profiteering reaches its zenith
3 years ago, mid-November
Ian emailed me to tell of this remarkable auction on eBay (I’ve even stolen your headline, Ian - sorry, but you put it perfectly!). The image you see above is an abstract painting depicting the winning moment for England’s victorious Ashes side this summer. Or, in the artist’s own words:
Cricket Comes Home - The Ashes (2005)
An abstract depiction of England’s famous Ashes winning Summer against Australia in 2005
The print is 101/2″ x 101/2″ and is supplied on 230 gsm coated acrylic paper from the original medium of gouache and acrylic
Presented without mount or frame, signed, and coming with a certificate of authenticity from myself, the artist.
Now, I’m no artist - I’m a budding photographer, and that’s stretching it - but I’m afraid I simply cannot and do not understand what this is supposed to represent! Depiction of “England’s famous Ashes winning summer”? How?! I see no bat, no ball, no players - nothing that says a) England b) English cricket c) cricket d) cricket e) cricket… Answers on a postcard, please - or a comment would suffice.
PS note to self: learn to expand vocab. You’re not 12, Will.
Shane Warne’s Portrait at Lord’s Museum
3 years ago, mid-June
Shane Warne’s Portrait at Lord’s Museum
Photo taken by mailliw @ Flickr.com.
Also had a good look at Shane Warne’s portrait. It’s quite brilliant, his facial expression perfectly captured. I’m no expert on art or portraits, but i liked it. I suppose the great man deserves nothing less.
No escaping Warne for England
3 years ago, at the start of JuneAlthough we all respect Warne, and honour him with sycophantic flattery - some of us (nay all?) look forward to the day when he hangs up his bowling boots, lights a comfortable cigarette and retires with one of his many wives with his lovely wife in Hampshire. Never again will the world’s batsmen walk to the crease asking themselves “Can I read his flipper? Can I even read his leggie? What the hell am I doing here? Will he laugh if he bowls me?” But, for England at least, that salivatory prospect of never see him again at a cricket match has vanished - for tomorrow, Warne is immortalised! Yes, that’s right - the drugs-banned, scandalous-great that he is will unveil a portrait of himself tomorrow, at Lord’s. Which is doubly great for me, as I might bump into him (I’m there for the Middlesex / Surrey Derby and will be blogging from the ground. Well, I might).
Commissioned by Fanny Rush, the portrait takes the batsman’s view and here it is, from Fanny’s website
All jokes aside, it’s a wonderful portrait and must look incredible up close: maybe I’ll sneak a look in tomorrow, so long as it’s not in the hallowed-halls of the long-room, where only loud, red & yellow tie-wearers are permitted entry.
