London Therapy Part Three

It was good to visit Tate Britain once more. Tate Britain is not in central London, so takes a bit more effort to get to, also, the day we visited, it was raining buckets. We really enjoyed the Van Gogh Exhibition, it really fitted in well with my interests in healing and wellbeing, it was very therapeutic.

I had intended to visit the Saatchi Gallery, but unfortunately it was closed, so I ended up in the Barbican instead. The Barbican is in the middle of the City of London which is busy and noisy. The Barbican itself is an oasis of calm and inspiration with a soothing inside of high ceilings, comfy sofas and yellow lighting and outside with water features, greenery and lots of outside seating.

I walked from the Barbican to St Paul's Tube Station and was treated to extra art therapy in the Guildhall Art Gallery. I was particularly taken with the painting of a starey eyed woman with an axe (Clytemnestra by Collier). If you think you're having a bad day ...