Margot A. Loudon, artist.

Here I give my impressions of the Eileen Agar exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/eileen-agar/ At last, I was back in London catching up with a changed city. Once the required quarantine was over, I booked for several exhibitions. Going back to my academic routes, I relished the impressive exhibition on Nero at the British Museum, https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/nero-man-behind-myth . I ... Read MoreRead More »

Some recent prints and older paintings are on sale in a beautiful new gallery that is centrally located in the city behind the Romano-Gallic museum. For more details see https://www.facebook.com/8ArcherDesigns/posts And at the same time discover the gallery owner’s own internationally acclaimed work in pewter and ceramics.Read More »

This blog explains how I have introduced themes associated with the god of wine, Dionysus, into my work. Dionysus In whichever land the deity of the wine first took shape as cultivation of the grape inspired a cult, Greek daily life and myth making made him their own. Dionysus, also known as Bacchus, is associated with the development of the ... Read MoreRead More »

In the second year of my printmaking course, my print work took a figurative turn. It started with a small rubbing of a rock carving, made on a museum visit (from a replica carving of course). Using this as a basis for my first etchings and aquatints, I saw in the crude figures the god of the Greek realm of ... Read MoreRead More »

Part 2: Orpheus In my blog about Eurydice https://margotaloudon.eu/orpheus-and-eurydice/ , we left Orpheus at the point at which Eurydice died for a second time.  A grief-stricken Orpheus continued to roam Thrace, inconsolable, and although with his music he could charm wild animals and indeed the whole natural world, his obsessive grief enraged a mob of Thracian women, perhaps followers of ... Read MoreRead More »