Month: February 2024

Prayer for the Fallen

February 24, 2024Art, Uncategorizedacrylic painting, ballet, ballet art, Canada stands with Ukraine, Glory to Ukraine, National Ballet of Ukraine, Prayer for the Fallen, Stand with Ukraine, standing with Ukraine, Wordpress bloggerAndrew Seal One comment

On the second anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on February 24, 2022, this painting was inspired by Prayer for the Fallen danced so movingly by members of the National Ballet of Ukraine, which we were privileged to see during their Vancouver visit earlier this month. Today, our thoughts, as they are everyday, are very much with the brave people of Ukraine together with the memory of so many of their children, women and men who are no longer with us. We can only hope that there will not be a third anniversary.

How fortunate we are that the National Ballet of Ukraine has made Prayer for the Fallen available on YouTube for us all to be moved and inspired by.

Slava Ukraini

Celebrating Joni

February 8, 2024Lens-Artist, photography, Uncategorizedclouds, Joni Mitchell, lens-artist challenge, photographyAndrew Seal View all 11 comments

clouds illusion I recall

I thought I would use my response to Egidio’s Lens Artist-Challenge #285: Warm Colors, to also celebrate Joni Mitchell’s Grammy award and my memory of hearing that wonderful voice and song for the first time.

“I was driving my old yellow Triumph TR2 down the Old Kent Road in London in 1969, and as she started singing on the car radio I had to pull over to listen to the rest of the song, a magical moment frozen in time and one that has remained with me ever since.”

The photos of the sunsets and clouds are from my post clouds Illusions I recall. If you follow the link you can enjoy listening to Joni Mitchell’s beautiful, young voice singing Both Sides Now from the original recording – its pure magic.