The court is a grand manor dating back to 1582. Sweeping formal gardens, huge staircases curling gracefully in a room that could easily accommodate 300 people, stately corridors full of beautiful china and paintings make for a place that is simply grand. While taking a 'tour of the property' with the housekeeper, I could easily imagine elegantly dressed ladies in swishing silks and gentlemen in evening suits smoking pipes near the fireplaces, with the family portraits looking benignly on.
So, I left for the Court early this morning, excited to begin a new body of work and to experience the space. I was curious how working from the new studio will feel...it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the grandeur of the place.
I had such a wonderful time there. I painted, worked on new ideas and had a productive day. And the peacocks there were the best part! There were atleast 10 of them, strutting about in the lawns, just sunning themselves. They were breathtakingly beautiful! Seeing them there, transported me back to NID (my design school in Ahmedabad, India) and suddenly I was back in the Apparel Studio which overlooked the lawns where the peacocks gracefully drape themselves on the gulmohar tree.
Peacocks at Corsham Court
Looking down from the studio window at Corsham Court, Wiltshire, England
View from my studio at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
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