Painter, illustrator, maker of clocks & teller of tales, who travelled in a house on wheels to the edge of Dartmoor and now sits there amongst books and paint finding beauty in otherness.. This will be a sketchbook of ideas, visuals to inspire, and snippets from my own journey. http://intothehermitage.blogspot.comTumblr (3.0; @thehermitage)http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2d09a54c3f0b6341081dcc9fe152765d/tumblr_mgyr2aQ6y61s2bl1lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://khushushban.tumblr.com/post/41086989056/national-marionette-theatre" target="_blank">khushushban</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>National Marionette Theatre / Εθνικό Θέατρο Μαριονέτας</p> </blockquote>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/49429069726http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/49429069726Thu, 02 May 2013 11:19:18 +0100puppetryart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2843d9835be20d48feabcd1dce776130/tumblr_mljb6iEdZi1s2bl1lo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b59734d6ec260cd999142146ec3c8317/tumblr_mljb6iEdZi1s2bl1lo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/438266ae222c7a2f76fbefaea65545ca/tumblr_mljb6iEdZi1s2bl1lo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/854f26c2ab7e7d6e441a487cbb51c991/tumblr_mljb6iEdZi1s2bl1lo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/014741953c09785f8b6d9dfd5e612e7e/tumblr_mljb6iEdZi1s2bl1lo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/79ddebb716d36d01e3135c54379d8d33/tumblr_mljb6iEdZi1s2bl1lo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://khushushban.tumblr.com/post/48410230986/two-deer-were-encountered-published-in-1980-in" target="_blank">khushushban</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Two Deer Were Encountered” - published in 1980 in Moscow, the work of the incredible Russian Illustrator, Gennady Spirin.</p> </blockquote>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/49428859089http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/49428859089Thu, 02 May 2013 11:11:31 +0100russianillustrationfairy tales<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fddcc58bbcd664ad2da1c3a0f6f35264/tumblr_mhyi16ALUZ1qab2v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Madonna_of_Cz%C4%99stochowa" title="The Black Madonna of Częstochowa" target="_blank">The Black Madonna of Częstochowa</a><span>, the inspiration typically used in the depiction of </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzulie_Dantor" title="Erzulie Dantor" target="_blank">Erzulie Dantor</a></p>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/42663371515http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/42663371515Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:10:17 +0000articonpaintingpeople<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d25e7860bdbebc5a998d351f870692db/tumblr_mex1e8825Q1qab2v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Puppet Show</p> <p>by <a href="http://www.tatarnikov.com/" target="_blank">Pavel Tatarnikov</a></p>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/37782419933http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/37782419933Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:32:31 +0000russianillustrationfairy talespuppetry<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mddv56TwQf1qab2v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>by <span>Ekaterina Shtanko</span></p> <p><span>from ‘Norwegian Fairytales’</span></p> <p><span><a href="http://cizgilimasallar.blogspot.dk/2012/07/catherine-shtanko-norwegian-fairy-tales_6334.html" target="_blank">source</a></span></p>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/35567727654http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/35567727654Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:29:30 +0000folkrussianillustrationfairy tale<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mayh8zJS661qab2v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://riowang.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/une-geographie-programme-1907.html" target="_blank">source</a></p>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/32323686731http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/32323686731Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:58:08 +0100wheelstravelvagabondphotographynomadic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8r6lwHmSr1qab2v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Inuit Shaman Drum Dancer</span></p> <p><span>by Nelson Takkiruq</span></p> <p><span>1989</span></p> <p><span>whale bone, stone</span></p> <p><span><br/></span></p>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/29413535642http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/29413535642Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:17:56 +0100shamanismmagicartefactsmusic<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7coj8nKX11qadg6co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://coyopa.tumblr.com/post/27474349076/scottish-tellings-of-ivashko-medvedko-in-the-next" target="_blank">coyopa</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Scottish tellings of Ivashko Medvedko in the next few weeks with @thehermitage! #moffat #glasgow #galgael</p> <p><a href="http://coyopa.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/ivashko-medvedko-scotland-2012/" target="_blank">View Post</a></p> <p><small>shared via <a href="http://wordpress.com" target="_blank">WordPress.com</a></small></p> </blockquote>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/27484485249http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/27484485249Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:25:53 +0100russianstorieshermitage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6zvoqxRPH1qab2v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/26972865184http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/26972865184Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:53:13 +0100wildernessrevolutionoccupyresistance<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6haptCL6O1qab2v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Winter</p> <p>by <a href="http://katerynko.com.ua" target="_blank">Kateryna Kosyanenko</a></p>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/26269865899http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/26269865899Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:03:27 +0100wildernesssnowartpainting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6han2BSQ71qab2v3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Oi, In the Forest</p> <p>by <a href="http://katerynko.com.ua/" target="_blank">Kateryna Kosyanenko</a></p>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/26269828891http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/26269828891Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:01:50 +0100artpaintingfolkpeoplerussia<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m60t4qMsv91qab2v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>The Pazyryk Carpet</strong> - the oldest carpet ever found, probably produced by the nomadic Scythian peoples of the Altai mountains in Siberia c. 5th century BC, discovered in a Scythian burial mound in the 1940s.</p> <p>The decorations include winged griffins, horses and antlered deer motifs.</p> <p>Now housed in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg</p> <p>more info <a href="http://thetextileblog.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/pazyryk-rug.html" target="_blank">here</a></p>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/25643696650http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/25643696650Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:21:58 +0100artefactsrussianomadic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ud1e2eLa1rrp6elo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://oldroze.tumblr.com/post/21510680200/marc-chagall-with-a-child-in-front-of-king-david" target="_blank">oldroze</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Marc Chagall with a child in front of King David </em></p> <p>Taken by <strong>Felix H. Man</strong></p> </blockquote>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/25579656497http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/25579656497Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:09:46 +0100artpeoplepainting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5z61yREzQ1qab2v3o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Old Tibetan woman in Ladakh, India</p> <p>from the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/reisgekki/galleries/72157627391643012/with/328919661/#photo_328919661" target="_blank">Ladakh Flickr gallery</a></p>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/25579454211http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/25579454211Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:05:57 +0100peopleasia<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5th9iKoDu1qab2v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><img height="509" src="http://www.studiolum.com/wang/gypsy/nationaal-archief/1/16.jpg" width="580"/><img src="http://www.studiolum.com/wang/gypsy/nationaal-archief/2/04.jpg"/><img height="371" src="http://www.studiolum.com/wang/gypsy/nationaal-archief/2/23.jpg" width="700"/></p> <p>Photographs of Gypsies in Europe c. mid 20th C from the Dutch Nationaal Archief</p> <p><a href="http://riowang.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/gypsies.html" target="_blank">link</a></p>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/25362983626http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/25362983626Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:22:00 +0100gypsytravelphotographypeoplenomadicvagabond<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4qwd815rg1qab2v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Shall the Meek? 2</p> <p>by <a href="http://cathiejoyyoung.com/home.html" target="_blank">Cathie Joy Young</a></p>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/23941183385http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/23941183385Mon, 28 May 2012 19:22:00 +0100strangeartpainting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4omwc8kRu1qab2v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>by Svetlana Rumak</p> <p><a href="http://artodyssey1.blogspot.com/2012/05/svetlana-rumak.html" target="_blank">link</a></p>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/23858895577http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/23858895577Sun, 27 May 2012 14:02:00 +0100artpaintingstrangemagic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4omuxZZXw1qab2v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>by Svetlana Rumak  </span></p> <p><span><a href="http://artodyssey1.blogspot.com/2012/05/svetlana-rumak.html" target="_blank">link</a></span></p>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/23858869856http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/23858869856Sun, 27 May 2012 14:01:00 +0100artpaintingstrangepeople<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly5tz3fl7t1qab2v3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://daud.livejournal.com/?skip=40" target="_blank">via</a></p>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/16235316412http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/16235316412Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:59:25 +0000peoplestrangephotographypuppetry<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx4mw6dMlp1qab2v3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://intothehermitage.blogspot.com/2012/01/rise-root.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://intothehermitage.blogspot.com/2012/01/rise-root.html" target="_blank">http://intothehermitage.blogspot.com/2012/01/rise-root.html</a></a></p>http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/15128010079http://thehermitage.tumblr.com/post/15128010079Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:55:17 +0000uprisingoccupyrevolutionartrootvagabondprotestuncivilisationrunedreamdissentresistancehermitage