« По ночному городу бредёт тишина ... »

В эти дни всюду сонная тишь,
словно ты не глядишь.
Я хожу и топчу золотую листву,
в эти дни не тебя ль я зову?
Я берёзкам сказал, что тебя я простил:
я не мог не простить — я любил.
Но берёзки молчат, всюду тишь...
Отчего — ты молчишь?

( Леонид Семёнов )

«Творческое содружество с Эдуардом Колмановским продлилось
на многие годы: Трошин исполнил почти все его лучшие песни:
«Тишина» и «Перекрёсток» на стихи В. Орлова ...»

Снова - наше отечественное незабываемое ретро.
Я никода не слышала - допрежь - эту песню.
Сейчас послушала, сразу же очаровалась.
Послушайте и вы.

«Тишина»

Муз. - Э. Колмановский.
Сл. - В. Орлов.
Исп. - В. Трошин.

Тишина - Гелена Великанова.
Тишина - Сара Горби.
Тишина - Пётр Киричек.





Острою сталью, мукой отточена,
В сердце вошла тишина.
Благословенна в зимнюю ночь она
В смутной печали окна.

( Виктор Иванович Стражев (1879-1950) )

Ночью за окном метель, метель,

Белый беспокойный снег.




Ты живешь за тридевять земель,
Ты не вспоминаешь обо мне.

Знаю даже писем не придёт
Память больше не нужна.



По ночному городу бредёт
Тишина.

Ты меня не ждёшь давным давно.

Нет к тебе путей-дорог.



Счастье у людей всего одно,
Только я его не уберёг.

Снова мне покоя не даёт
Горькая моя вина.



Ночью за окном шумит, поёт
Тишина.

Только б мне тебя найти, найти
Отыскать в любом краю.



Только бы сказать тебе - прости,
Руку взять любимую твою.

Рассказать, как ночи напролёт,
Летом и зимой без сна



Здесь тебя со мною вместе ждёт
Тишина.

Знала б ты, как ночи напролёт
Летом и зимой без сна



Здесь тебя со мною вместе ждёт
Тишина ...

К странице - великолепная живопись Британского
художника Bob Barker.
Удивительные холсты!
Ведь и впрямь, его сюжеты о том, как ...
по ночному городу бредёт тишина ...
Да?

« Born in Yorkshire in 1954, Bob Barker was first introduced to painting after he received the gift of an oil painting set at the age of 12. He was captivated by the effects he could achieve with paint on canvas. Bob Barker received no formal training in art or painting for that matter, he has developed his skills and honed his techniques through experimenting
with different syles and subjects.

His preferred technique is using a brush and palette knife. It is the prominent artists, Tom Gower and Keith English, whom he met in Cornwall that influenced his belief that he could become a professional artist. Due to commitments Bob Barker kept painting as a hobby
whilst running his own video and media production company.
He spent over 20 years travelling with his company hosting workshops and teaching students the art of video making. Bob Barker's daughter in law took over the running oof the business leaving him to concentrate full time on being an artist. Bob Barker started exhibiting his work in 2000 both locally and nationally.»

Художник о себе:

- «It was on Christmas morning, when I was twelve years old, that my mother gave me one of the best presents I have ever received - an oil painting set. That was the start and I have been painting ever since. I was immediately captivated by what could be achieved with a brush, some oil paint and a few small squares of hardboard; I used to paint on the reverse side because I thought it looked like proper canvas.

My mother was a weaver in a mill not far from my school and when my day there ended, I used to walk to the mill and wait for her to finish work. I loved the smell of the looms and talked to everybody in the spinning sheds, the burling and mending room, the winders and tuners, along with my grandmother who was the 'cha' lady there. This is where my love of tea comes from, as well as the images I now paint. With no formal training I have just enjoyed painting in many different styles and with numerous subjects, developing and honing my techniques of brush and palette knife.

Although I am Yorkshire born and bred, during my youth I spent a little while in Cornwall. There I met two prominent artists (Keith English & Tom Gower) and spent hours watching them paint. Conversations with them made me believe I could be a professional artist.

However, as life goes on, marriage to my lovely wife, mortgage to whoever was the cheapest, and children who I wouldn't be without, meant that painting remained as a hobby. I ran my own business in video and media production for more than 20 years and this took me around the country and abroad, filming for many clients and running workshops teaching primary school and A-level students the art of video making. My daughter-in-law now runs the business and this has released me to achieve my lifelong dream of being a working artist.

In 2000, I started selling my paintings to local galleries and through them my work went nation-wide. My older brother Colin ever-so-nicely, yet relentlessly, forced CD's featuring my images on to many fine art publishers. This created a good interest in my work. In 2005, I exhibited at the Autumn Fair in Birmingham and there I was introduced to Glyn Washington of Washington Green and the rest, as they say, is history.»

-- «I believe that inspiration somehow comes from within. This always 'kicks in', so to speak, as I see ideas for paintings which are almost everywhere I look - from the sky to buildings, at dawn or at sunset, even at night under a bright moon. Add to these the weather and the pictorial list becomes endless.

Nostalgia also spurs me to paint by looking back to childhood memories with adult eyes; this allows me to be quite free artistically. In my neck of the woods, with the subjects I paint, most people see soot blackened stone and polluted skies. I see colour. Like wet Sienna cobbles and Prussian blue shadows with burnt umber and cadmium skies. I view the world, along with my memories, in the subtle blended hues of my paint box.» --Bob Barker.

Тихо стали осенние дни,
холоднее туман поутру,
и горят уж по избам огни
каждый день ввечеру.

А в лесу от берёзок бело:
вся у ног золотая листва.
Стало пусто, просторно, светло,
в паутинах трава.

По дороге пойдёшь — тишина.
Даже галки — и те не кричат,
и в платке, но всё также одна —
ты прошла нынче в сад.

( 1903.
Леонид Дмитриевич Семёнов (1880-1917)
— внук знаменитого ученого и путешественникa
П. П. Семенова Тянь-Шанcкого )