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Art of the imagined and of the real. Painting, sculpture, print and film. Eden Valley, Cumbria @brianshields-artist.co.uk @brianshieldsnim
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Found in the forest....I could only whisper a eulogy. John Clare, poet. Fired stoneware #JohnClare #JohnClarePoet #Romanticism #Sculpture #Art #Birds #Metamorphosis

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'FALLEN' (John Clare, poet) Fired stoneware. #JohnClare #JohnClarePoet #Sculpture #Art #Romanticism #Avia #Birds

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'Little Green John' Ceramic of a bewinged John Clare - a 'new' Adam in an alternate Eden. #JohnClare #JohnClarePoet #Ceramic #Stoneware #Eden #Sculpture #Art

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ENDLESS CHORUS, acrylic+gel on round panel. John Clare,poet joins with the 'otherness' of nature - together and reborn. From the Clare series 'From an Ending to New Beginnings #JohnClare #JohnClarePoet #Romanticism #SongBirds #MorningChorus #AcrylicPainting

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'FALLEN' (John Clare, poet) Small fired stoneware.An avian Clare, melding into the 'otherness' of nature. #JohnClare #JohnClarePoet #Romanticism #Ceramic #Sculpture

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'Confussions in Time and Space'. Oil on raw linen. John Clare the 'Elizabethan'. During prolonged periods of mental illness Clare at times believed himself to be Shakespeare...at others Byron. #JohnClare #JohnClarepoet #Romanticism #oilpainting

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'Blakes Little Wren' A small oil on panel inspired by a fragment from William Blake's 'Auguries of Innocence' - 'He who shall hurt the little Wren. Shall never be beloved by Men' #Ukraine #Sudan #Myanmar #Gaza #WilliamBlake #oilpainting

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Inside Outside (Clare with Claire) Acrylic + gel on canvas .National Portrait Gallery, London 2010 #JohnClare #johnclarepoet #poetry #art #painting #portrait

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

'Icarian Dreamings' (2) Fired stoneware, epoxy,wire and feathers. Wings fashioned in a dream...for change...betterment #ceramic #sculpture #art #ukraine #homeless #refugee

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'Icarian Dreamings' Stoneware,epoxy,feathers and wire.A feathered harness as a means of escape.Wings fashioned in a dream. Echoing decorative figurines-knickknacks for the mantelpiece or window sill, albeit weighed by troubled narrative. #sculpture #ceramic #refugee #homeless #sudan #art

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'Pale Delayed Vanitas' Acrylic + gel on raw linen.This is a biiiig one, approx 7feet. A suspended still life.....holding on to the status quo #painting #art #flowerpainting #botanicalart

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John Clare/Tawny Owl. Fired ceramic ready for painting. One a number of sculptures (including some William Blake inspired pieces) I'll be showing in Newcastle next year. #JohnClare #Romanricism #Ceramic #Sculpture #Art #Owls #Tawnyowl

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'Tawny John' (John Clare, poet) Ceramic after firing ready for colours. Finished piese to be exhibited at the Biscuit Factory Gallery, Newcastle in 2025 #JohnClare #Art #Sculpture #Romanticism #Ceramic

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