Moon - Oils - 30 x 60cm

Moon
A shy old moon, peeping out behind the clouds
As if afraid to show himself
Looking for an old friend,
where have you been? I ask
Why hide away?

His smile lights up the coast
that which I call home
I stand and watch the waves
relentless crash against the shore, that
holds so many secrets, it will never tell

Waves striking umber rocks
throws spray into a midnight sky
Caught in the moonlight
like a million stars
forever frozen in time

Friends who left this shore
and never came back home again
I stand and stare at this heavenly body,
worshiped over millennium
A white disk shining down on me

He climbs to his zenith
Surrounded by stars, pin pricks of distant light
I see his face, always the same face
Our celestial body carrying human footprints,
for ever more controlling time and tide

More than an ancient king could do
A new white bright light,
follows me as a friend
As I walk long this lonely beach
wet sand creeps between my toes

Frothy surf rolls over naked feet
then retreats back to sea,
begging me to follow
I listen to the wind, carrying the cries of lost souls
as they try to get back home again

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Diane Loan

I was born in Hackney in East London, moving on to Leytonstone in the early 1960’s where I spent the rest of my childhood years. My art education started in 1973 when I studied photography at Thomas Hood School, London. I achieved a diploma in the history of art in 2008 from the London Art College.

My painting career took a little longer to get going and only begun in the middle 1990’s when I watched an Alwyn Crawshaw television programme. Alwyn was painting a watercolour of Haytor rocks on Dartmoor, his catchphrase being: ”Have a go, it’s easier than you think.” So I did and quickly found out it wasn’t.

I work in Oils, Acrylic, pen and wash and Collage and continue to learn all the time. Some of my early work still makes me cringe when I look back on it. I have attended art classes and have learnt from books and DVD’s by various artists including David Bellamy, Alwyn Crawshaw, Geoff Kersey, (the late Martin Goode, and Ian Cooper), Roo Sangster-Bullers and Heather Brown. I enjoy painting everything from animals, buildings, boats, seascapes, landscapes, cityscapes and writing poetry about my paintings. My passion will always be for painting water and boats.

I joined the HAS in order to make friends, learn and be inspired, and I haven’t been disappointed.

I have a long list of artists I admire from those I have already mentioned as well as Caravaggio, Turner and everyone who’s work I see in exhibitions from the local church hall to the Royal Academy; artists who continue to teach and inspire me.

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Moon - Oils - 30 x 60cm Moon A shy old moon, peeping out behind the clouds As if afraid to show himself Looking for an old friend, where have you been? I ask Why hide away? His smile lights up the coast that which I call home I stand and watch the waves relentless crash against the shore, that holds so many secrets, it will never tell Waves striking umber rocks throws spray into a midnight sky Caught in the moonlight like a million stars forever frozen in time Friends who left this shore and never came back home again I stand and stare at this heavenly body, worshiped over millennium A white disk shining down on me He climbs to his zenith Surrounded by stars, pin pricks of distant light I see his face, always the same face Our celestial body carrying human footprints, for ever more controlling time and tide More than an ancient king could do A new white bright light, follows me as a friend As I walk long this lonely beach wet sand creeps between my toes Frothy surf rolls over naked feet then retreats back to sea, begging me to follow I listen to the wind, carrying the cries of lost souls as they try to get back home again Evolution - Collage - 50 x 50cm The lighthouse - Oils - 30 x 60cm 8 bells and all is well - Oils - 35 x 35cm		Diane Loan I was born in Hackney in East London, moving on to Leytonstone in the early 1960’s where I spent the rest of my childhood years. My art education started in 1973 when I studied photography at Thomas Hood School, London. I achieved a diploma in the history of art in 2008 from the London Art College. My painting career took a little longer to get going and only begun in the middle 1990’s when I watched an Alwyn Crawshaw television programme. Alwyn was painting a watercolour of Haytor rocks on Dartmoor, his catchphrase being: ”Have a go, it’s easier than you think.” So I did and quickly found out it wasn’t. I work in Oils, Acrylic, pen and wash and Collage and continue to learn all the time. Some of my early work still makes me cringe when I look back on it. I have attended art classes and have learnt from books and DVD’s by various artists including David Bellamy, Alwyn Crawshaw, Geoff Kersey, (the late Martin Goode, and Ian Cooper), Roo Sangster-Bullers and Heather Brown. I enjoy painting everything from animals, buildings, boats, seascapes, landscapes, cityscapes and writing poetry about my paintings. My passion will always be for painting water and boats. I joined the HAS in order to make friends, learn and be inspired, and I haven’t been disappointed. I have a long list of artists I admire from those I have already mentioned as well as Caravaggio, Turner and everyone who’s work I see in exhibitions from the local church hall to the Royal Academy; artists who continue to teach and inspire me.