Sally Wakelin – Studies in Creativity
Paintings, drawings, sculpture and writing
On a photo course in Italy with Frui , given free access to photograph the interior of a grand old house in the Abruzzo, I chose to concentrate on the juxtaposition of colour, the light was intense with deep shadows.
Just about to eat the last peice of orange melon, pink lipstick – perfect .
I am attracted by juxtapositions of colour – thay can make all the difference to how you see something.
A cliché perhaps but lovely none the less, the first red leaves of Autumn in the lakes north of Toronto.
These vibrant colours were an unexpected delight contrasting against the black polished marble of a downtown Toronto office building, snatched from the car whilst at a stop light.
Four lanes of traffic waiting to set off from the lights on a dull day – the colours really saurated. I wish I’d had time to compose the shot better and include more of the orange sign pointing across the road. Each vehicle, engine revving, almost perfectly lined up to lead the eye, has its own colour point, linking up with the coloured flags on the facia of the building and then the verdigris on the roof.
The Toronto taxi colours seem to be designed to match the surroundings, the Autumn leaves and the red brick and verdigris copper roof of one of the few Victorian bulidings left in the downtown area, all set against the tall grey skyscrapers behind..
The Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto staircase designed by the Toronto-born architect Frank Gehry.
I spent quite a while taking of photos of this staircase. Walking down feels unusual as although the stair is open, the views outward are limited and you are enveloped in warm, subtly lit flowing forms.
Staying with family for the weekend and seeing partly forgotton objects from my childhood made me think about their origins, their usefullness or their own places in design history.
The little ivory tea boy we think may have come back from China with our paternal grandfather who was a merchant seaman.
The fish slice – a common enough utensil in the ’50’s kitchen but still in use 60 years laeter, simply because it works so well and seems almost indestructible.
The eggcup with a bear peering round at you – with a crack and a chip now.
and the biscuit tin, the pattern wearing thin but still the place to look for a biscuit.
Wandering around London with a friend, not looking for anything in particular, lessons learned in checking camera settings before you start and remembering to switch between AV and TV to get the best of static and moving subjects.
Sally Wakelin - Studies in Creativity 
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