Georgia O’Keefe is known for her gorgeous flower paintings and in ‘Red Hills and White Flower II’ (1949) she enters a new chapter of her life when she moved to New Mexico, sick of city life. O’Keeffe has a Model-A Ford as a mobile studio, where she could paint beautiful landscapes from her window. She…
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Art and Nature Series: Robert Smithson
Robert Smithson constructed a stone and earth jetty in the Utah salt flats, ‘Spiral Jetty’ (1971). This ephemeral work fluctuates in colour, appearance, and visibility in the changing seasons and weather. This experience of art is transient as it questions the viewer’s assumptions of art and their own relationship to space. Only a few years…
Art and Nature Series: Henri Matisse
Matisse had a great love for the small southern sea town of Collioure and through the large swathes of unreal colours the heat of the summer can be felt. Each expressive brushstroke creates an energy as if the heat is radiating from the ground. With just a few angled strokes, Matisse masterfully creates a village…
Art and Nature Series: Vincent Van Gogh
Landscapes, yellow—old gold—done quickly, quickly, quickly, and in a hurry just like the harvester who is silent under the blazing sun, intent only on the reaping,” is how Van Gogh described this stunning painting, one of many quick studies of the fields in Provence. These idyllic views were his muse, consuming him to continuously capture…
Art and Nature Series: Caspar David Friedrich
At CCH Live, we are sharing our favourite awe inspiring artworks of our beautiful world for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own homes.Today we bring you a one of Caspar David Friedrich’s most moving works ‘Wanderer above the Sea of Fog’ (1817), picturing a cloudy mountain range in the quintessential Romantic style.…
Art and Nature Series: Albert Bierstadt
Enjoy the panoramic views of the early American West Coast as the next painting of our Art and Nature series. ‘California Spring’ (1875), Albert Bierstadt’s Eden-like rendering of the West, was a sight for curious East Coast.Albert BierstadtCalifornia Spring, 1875 The American landscape painting style Luminism is employed here and is characterised by the attempt…
Art and Nature Series: Philomena Kennedy
The second painting in our Art and Nature series is Philomena Kennedy – Kent Landscape.Nature and art both play an important part of our mental wellbeing and can help to uplift your spirits.Philomena KennedyKent Landscape Today we would like to feature the peaceful pastoral paintings of Philomena Kennedy. Although Kennedy has travelled around the world…
CCH Live Wellness Hub: Fitness Preparation for Your Health this Autumn – Part 2
Continue the Discussion: Fitness Preparation for Your Health this Autumn – Part 2Do you want to prepare your workout sessions for the new season?Are you worried your weight may affect your risk of infection?Is working from home making you feel more sluggish?Do you wish to understand your relationship to food and movement?Join us for the…
CCH Live Wellness Hub: Fitness Preparation for Your Health this Autumn – Part 1
Join the next Wellness Hub’s Discussion: Fitness Preparation for Your Health this Autumn – Part 1Do you want to prepare your workout sessions for the new season?Are you worried your weight may affect your risk of infection?Is working from home making you feel more sluggish?Do you wish to understand your relationship to food and movement?Discover…
The relationship between Vitamin D and COVID-19
Vitamin D could be the secret essential hormone that we all need, especially in the prevention of or recovery from COVID-19.As you know, so much information in the press recently has been focused on the relationship between infection and death rates of people within ethnic minorities and COVID-19 infection. There has also been a correlation…