DAVID BOWIE by Mandy Thomas Painting

Many things inspire me. Blue skies, green fields, butterflies, a sunny day. Everything around me is an exploration of life. How things work, how things are born and created. Words, art, music and breathing are reasons for being thankful. People, cultures, history all the corners of the earth past and present. What we all have in common is love. Everything born is of some form of love. As I age I feel music more powerfully within my soul. Even though as a small child I loved music, now I don’t just love it,It flows through me. Poetry I feel is the most powerful form of written art. To be able to create such a piece that grabs the reader by their soul to make them feel every descriptive word is genius. I have always been an avid fashion fan. In my teens, I even designed and made clothes from scratch. Many people have inspired me over the years in the art and fashion world. Their greatness is like a huge, gentle flower, falling petal by petal. Touching those with hearts overflowing with desire, passion, colour, love, beauty and creation. I couldn’t possibly name them all here but these are a few of my all-time favourites: Beginning with fashion, I admire so many designers. I can’t get enough of new creations, ideas, the birth of new forms and shapes. ALEXANDER MC QUEEN I never got to meet and is a sad loss to the world. There has been no one come anywhere near his mind of creative design. I get goosebumps just thinking of his shows, his pure brilliance.A true legend. For thinking out of the box. For exploring and playing with so many unusual materials and art to the extent a new form of fashion was created to blow the minds of the viewer. Long may he reign. IAN STUART For those fantasy dream wedding dresses. A knowing of a woman’s form, shape and beauty.To be able to sculpt with such fine delicate fabrics and create such heavenly feminine pieces of art is indeed a gift. DESIGUAL For contemporary works of walking art.For an explosion of colour and fabrics. I do love palette play and this company is probably my favourite affordable designer. CHRISTIAN DIOR For fluid femininity of colour and movement.For classical womanly shapes and flow of fabric. JEAN PAUL GAULTIER For surprising, exciting play with shapes and flows and fabric contortions. Another fashion artist who thinks out of the box. My old-time ARTIST GREATS are as follows, but really there are so many I cannot list them all: MICHELANGELO First and foremost my all-time favourite.