‘LISTEN: I have found the home of my heart. I could not eat: I could not think straight any more; so I came to this solitary place and lay in the sun.’ – Brenda Chamberlain, Tide-Race
Recently, I came across this book by artist Brenda Chamberlain in a charity shop. I knew nothing about her before reading it, but I have become fascinated by her life on Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island), and Ydra (Hydra) in Greece. A Rope of Vines is illustrated with the artist’s line drawings described by artist Shani Rhys James in the introduction: “Only the simple form remains, described with a line, as though light is reflected onto the surfaces, bleaching out all detail.”
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