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Robert Fludd

23/10/2014

Robert Fludd, also known as Robertus de Fluctibus (17 January 1574 – 8 September 1637), was a prominent English Paracelsian physician. He is remembered as an astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist.

Dark chair

21/10/2014

All moody, broody and autumnal. Contrasty light on the world washed with rain.

Autumn

15/10/2014

.. is definitely coming. The fragrances in the air are divine (but not necessarily from the old Landy!) I find this such a beautiful time of year, full of excitement and promise intellectually - I always feel a renewed vigour to get on with work. Maybe it's because it was always the start of the new academic year, school, university etc and I have always loved learning; or maybe it"s the cooler air and the fact the midges have stopped eating us all alive and gone away! I can think again ...

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I work a LOT in sketchbooks and always have several on the go. My dad was an architect and naval draughtsman, and after he died in 2017 I found heaps of old templates while clearing out his study. Always having been an avid collector of shapes, at the beginning of this year I bought a WHSmith A5 diary to use as a sketchbook specifically for work based on them.

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As well as the work you see here, I illustrate under the name of Binky McKee (my mother's maiden name was McKee, Binky was every single one of my great grandmother's many cats!)
If you would like to visit my Binky website, please click the picture above.

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