July 2025

Scandinavian Film Festival – 100 Litres of Gold, When the Light Breaks

July 24, 2025yggdrasille

This year, I got to see a couple of Scandi offerings, a quirky Finnish comedy about two alcoholic sisters and a quiet Icelandic heartbreaker.

My Wife’s Lovers by Carl Kahler

July 22, 2025yggdrasille

This sumptuous painting depicts forty-two Persian and Angora cats belonging to the American millionaire Kate Birdsall Johnson, the ultimate cat lady. The magnificent boy at the centre is a Persian cat called Sultan.

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim – Book Review

July 17, 2025yggdrasille

I really enjoyed this charming, observant and gently humorous novel about the transformative, invigorating power of a holiday.

F1 – Film Review

July 15, 2025yggdrasille

F1 does not re-invent a sports movie and goes around a very familiar track indeed, but it has all the right stuff for a solid blockbuster and an exhilarating cinematic ride.

New artwork

July 10, 2025yggdrasille

I’m finally starting a new fabric artwork after nearly five years, probably my longest break yet thanks to the lack of inspiration and motivation. Another more positive reason is that ever since the pandemic I feel like less of a homebody on the weekend, and prefer to spend much more time outdoors even in winter months. Still, I look forward to a big new project I can really sink my teeth into.

It’s meant to be a companion piece for the abstract sailboat artwork I did for my Mum a while back, with a similar style and palette of vibrant colours. I’m basing it on this mountain landscape pic I found:

Now that I traced it, the final version is supposed to look something like this, although as always I expect I’ll have to simplify it during the process: