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Dear friends. As our "faux Spring" draws to an end for the time being, I was thrilled to get away with just a short jacket over jeans and a shirt for a visit to the Turner & Constable art exhibition.
Barrel jeans are still everywhere and I liked the mocha colour of these, from Reiss. One of the big trends for Spring Summer is woven Mary Jane shoes. I wear mostly flat shoes and it's great to see this style in vogue. Mine are current, from M&S. They were comfortable from the get-go.
I was a bit hesitant about the barrel jeans because they're cropped and while they're the right length now, denim has a tendency to shrink. I think barrel jeans suit petite women very well, whereas wide flares lend themselves to long legs. I'm 5'3 for the record.
Although we've been having a faux spring, I wouldn't feel right exposing my ankles yet so I'm wearing knee high pop socks (M&S). I can't bear seeing a gap between trousers and leg at this time of year. It's fine in the summer.
If barrel jeans aren't your thing, there are plenty of pairs of straight and flared jeans around.
My accessories are a statement ring (Annele), leopard print belt (Kettlewell) and yellow bag (Pom Pom London). I wore a brown cardigan with velvet placket and my coffee Roxy faux suede jacket over the top.
Penny at Conversations with an Older Woman wrote an excellent post about the exhibition, which ends on 12 April. I will keep my summary short.
The exhibition seems to demand that we decide who was the better artist. Turner and Constable were e born one year apart, and were fierce rivals at times.
I was open minded as neither artist is a favourite. I tend to associate Turner with ships and Constable with rather murky landscapes featuring tiny people and animals. So I was delighted when both artists dazzled me in different ways.
The two pictures that are most synonymous with them - Constable's The Haywain and Turner's The Fighting Temeraire - were not present. In fact there were very few of Turner's paintings of ships.
These are the pictures that caught my eye. I love looking at clouds. Constable was also fascinated by the difference light and weather makes to clouds.
I liked Turner's streetscapes. View of the Archbishop's Palace, Lambeth, below, includes figures and uses multiple perspectives. This was the first work he had accepted for display at the annual Royal Academy exhibition. Turner would go on to exhibit there almost every year for the rest of his life. He lived until he was 76 and became increasingly inventive in his painting as he grew older. Constable died at 60.
After the exhibition we had a delightful lunch on a bright sunny day, not far from the Thames. A precursor of happy summer days to come.
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