Margot A. Loudon, artist.

I enjoyed participating in the Parcours. It was nice to share The Cave of the Winds in the collective exhibition and during the weekend, I had a steady stream of visitors to the studio.Read More »

My spring visit to the Van Gogh museum, Amsterdam presented an opportunity to visit the special exhibition there Yellow or in Dutch Geel. Van Gogh loved the colour and one of his Sunflowers paintings, one almost entirely painted in yellow tones, greets the viewer The exhibition also explored the varied significance of yellow. Technical histories Explanations about the range of ... Read MoreRead More »

I created this expressive, tongue in cheek, work on perspex, after asking myself what would Ensor have made of Social Media. His drawings show him to have been a perceptive and amusing social commentator. I think he would have used it as I do, but would have been wary of the many devils that too often sit on users’ shoulders ... Read MoreRead More »

The exhibition Astonishing Things showcases impressive drawings of Victor Hugo (1802-1885). Until this exhibition, I only knew Hugo as an author, was vaguely aware of his political career but was woefully ignorant that Hugo drew. For a self-taught artist Hugo’s works are indeed astonishing but more amazing than his obvious skills in using pen and ink, charcoal etc is how ... Read MoreRead More »