4729. Cheltenham 2022 (14)

Pelmo, Cheltenham Paint Festival, Cheltenham, July 2022
Pelmo, Cheltenham Paint Festival, Cheltenham, July 2022

One of my favourite Bristol artists is Pelmo. His work is usually well thought out and is about so much more than the artwork, often there are messages of love, affection and care with the relationships between characters. In this unusual piece, there are no characters, but a very strong climate message.

Pelmo, Cheltenham Paint Festival, Cheltenham, July 2022
Pelmo, Cheltenham Paint Festival, Cheltenham, July 2022

Having worked in environmental communications for twenty years, some of it on climate change, I have seen many images like this one, and they are not uncommon. What is different here is that it is not a corporate ‘explainer’ but a heartfelt warning. Pelmo has captured the jeopardy of failing to act in a gentle, but effective way. I could look at this piece for a long time, it chimes for me and has a serene quality to it. Great work from Pelmo.

Thursday doors – 18 November 2021

Doors 169 – Looe doors, Cornwall – Part 3

A quick one for you this week. The concluding part of my doors from Looe in Cornwall. You will notice that several of the doors have little brick walls in front of them. Looe is prone to flooding during high spring tides when they coincide with storm surges and low pressure. To prevent the water entering homes, walls and flood gates are placed in front of front doors. It is the owners of these homes that will need to be especially tuned in to climate change and the impacts of it.

So, here are the doors:

Blue door - Lobster Pot Cottage - Please mind your head, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021
Blue door – Lobster Pot Cottage – Please mind your head, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021
Green door - Tiree 'n' Tyrina - with brick flood defence, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021
Green door – Tiree ‘n’ Tyrina – with brick flood defence, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021
Blue door - Jack's - with brick flood defence, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021
Blue door – Jack’s – with brick flood defence, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021
White door with flood gate slots on either side, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021
White door with flood gate slots on either side, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021
Grubby back door with a chain curtain, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021
Grubby back door with a chain curtain, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021
Three doors at Riverside hall, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021
Three doors at Riverside hall, Looe, Cornwall, October 2021

Well, that just about wraps things up for another week. Have a fantastic weekend, wherever you are.

If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors  from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.

by Scooj

Flood

 

All hands to the pumps!

This Winter’s rallying cry;

more records broken.

 

by Scooj

Climate change

 

More extreme weather

more frequently is what the

experts predicted.

 

by Scooj

Upstream thinking

 

Upland tree planting

arrests runoff and flooding

of unfortunates.

 

by Scooj