Wednesday 29 March 2017

The Lunardi Balloon

                                     Vincenzo Lunardi (Scotland, 28 July 1786)                  John Simlett
Pen & Ink on Cartridge Paper
12 inches x 8 inches

2 comments:

  1. Wow. Wonderful!
    Is this the same Lunardi as in Burn's poem referring to a hat?
    Great drawing. Back to your roots. Tell me, dear John, do you miss the ink or has the paint brought its own rewards?
    Curious mind wants to know.

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  2. It may be it, Julie, but at the same time there was the Scottish Balloonist, James Tyler, who Burn's refereed to as having a stovepipe hat.

    Tyler wrote an, "Ode to Lunardi", which is the title of the Biography I am writing about the pair of them ... but may never finish

    The Pen & Ink lasted from 1979 until 2014/15, when I began to dabble with paint. Paint is still the challenge (I've only painted 65 paintings so far) whilst P & I is second nature. The Pen & Ink is far too time consuming - I'm still working (playing) a 7 day week and still don't have enough time.

    Hope your move isn't too stressful.

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