Roche Court visit

A trip to Wiltshire with all the trees dripping gold and fire, and in the evening the pale pinks and lilacs of the sky. Whoops, waxing lyrical!

A visit to Roche Court, where flowers were blooming in front of the car park, but photos were not allowed to be taken of the sculpures which dotted the gardens. My personal favourites were the hares in bronze by Barry Flanagan. These can be seen on his website, so this one here is not from Roche Court, but gives a flavour of his work.

It hardly needs saying that I loved the sweeps and curves and tactile textures of the Barbara Hepworths, and that they made me feel a bit homesick for St. Ives.

Roche Court is a 19th century manor house in Wiltshire and is surrounded by parkland which is the perfect setting for the sculptures - some of which I found decidedly weird, though even some of those I found fascinating.

Oh - I managed to move this picture from the Roche Court website - I could only see it from a distance when I went there, but next time I'll go closer and have a proper look. This place is a real gem.

I love this pitchfork by Michael Craig-Martin. Such fun! He evidently had a solo exhibition in Salisbury in 2006 - I would have liked to have seen that.