W. R. Boyd: Rediscovering a Forgotten Chester

Sometimes a group of pictures asks more questions than it answers. I recently acquired five framed black-and-white views of Chester. At first glance I took them to be etchings: finely worked architectural scenes, full of the dense cross-hatching, deep shadows and precise lines we associate with the traditional printmaker’s art. Look a little closer, however, […]
Andromeda’s adventure in the forest…

Andromeda’s adventure in the forest…well a small coppice, in fairness…or a tail in the grass. Andromeda, so named after the mythical beauty from Greek legend, maybe a pretty little thing but she’s much feistier than her namesake. Following the transgressions of her mother, Queen Cassiopeia, the Princess from the story is stripped down to a […]