11/04/2025
“The Radiance of Radcliffe”
The Magnolia is out!
I am proud to launch a new artwork in this series of images called the “The Radiance of Radcliffe” just as the magnolia trees are blossoming, my favourite time of year.
This artwork is the culmination of months of research, photographing, sourcing imagery and arrangement of the collage. I have enjoyed learning about the history of the Radcliffe Camera, visiting the building albeit only from the outside and researching key elements of the inside.
In my usual style I wanted to include important aspects and people, architectural features, signposts and wildlife such as squirrels, pigeons and wagtails, all that can be seen at the Radcliffe Camera at various points in the year. As the gardens are fairly simple, mostly grass, I was advised by the that there is a magnolia tree that blossoms every April nearby and so I included magnolia and grass as pops of colour within the collage. I often like to include a lego figure where possible in my collages and it seems fitting to include Yoda as a symbol wisdom!
The Radcliffe Camera (colloquially known as the “Rad Cam” or “The Camera”; from Latin camera, meaning ‘room’) is a building of the University of Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs (who appears in the image on the right) in a Baroque style and built in 1737–49 to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is sited to the south of the Old Bodleian, north of the Church of St Mary the Virgin that appears at the top of the image, and between Brasenose College to the west (the shield on the left) and All Souls College to the east.(Shield on the right. The image is now available as a limited edition of 25 and will be on display during North 16th- 26th May St Marys church Woodstock, where you can see other images in the series and other artists work in and around the shop windows as we create a art trail during that week . You can also have access to the Cash House At Oxon Museum in Woodstock
