Charles Blackman 'Miss Muffet and Her Spider' drawing washed in late afternoon light

washed in late afternoon light

The work is evocative

the landscape

objects and preciousness

The lesson is perhaps about the power of art and beauty

Charles Blackman 'Miss Muffet and Her Spider' drawing washed in late afternoon lightCharles Blackman has a penchant for storytelling. His most iconic work either pivots around a story (Alice in Wonderland, for example) or operates like a story, using visual techniques to pique intrigue. 'Miss Muffett (sic) and her Spider is an example of both. Inspired by the eponymous nursery rhyme, this etching is strangely mysterious. It sees a girl sit on an open palm, her back to us, a red spiderweb yawning above her. At its most basic, the