Simon O'Corra

A story of one man's experiences, from the perspective of two ages he has lived through, aged 28 and 83.

The 75th Anniversary of the Dutch Resistance's bombing of the Amsterdam Population Registry is to be celebrated in 2018. This play focusses on this event and upon the valiant leadership of Willem Arond us, an accolade long denied this man due to his homosexuality. Now is the time to re-establish the truth as spoken of at the moment of his execution " Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards"

Welcome to the Sachet Mixte Women Edition Nine, the penultimate issue. You will see here this time, artists from the UK, the Netherlands, India, Pakistan, Serbia, Canada and France. We have now decided to cease their publication, along with our series, 'Themes'. We have a further four 'Themes' books in development, after which we will cease publishing this series too. We will still offer featured artists their own monograph and other works by novelists, playwrights and writers. We hope you enjoy this edition, and if you know of any women artists who may be interested in submitting to the journal for the final edition, please email us at [email protected]. Artists featured: 1. Pam Stevenson. (UK) 2. Natascha Schot. (Netherlands) 3. Monika VVariazz. (Netherlands) 4. Rukshana Hooda. (India) 5. Ilona Bruins. (Netherlands) 6. Rabia Dawood. (Pakistan) 7. Kay Watkins. (UK) 8. Slavica Jovanovic. (Serbia)) 9. Aliya Farzi. (Pakistan) 10. Alka Kalra. (India) 11. Ona Kingdon. (Canada) 12. Benilda Beretta (France) 13.Kate MacLeod. (UK) 14. Sarah Scandle. (UK) 15. Wendy Garratt . (UK)

We here at Sachet Mixte Publications are committed to supporting artists from around the world to expose their works to a wider public through a variety of means: * Sachet Mixte Bi-Monthly Journals (Sachet Mixte Women and Sachet Mixte Men). * Sachet Mixte Individual Artist Monographs. * Sachet Mixte THEMES (books devoted to varying styles of artistic creation). * Sachet Mixte Retreats in the South of France. * Sachet Mixte Social Media Groups (Sachet Mixte Community, Sachet Mixte Women and Sachet Mixte Publications). We also publish individual works by artists, authors and poets and non-fiction works. Our most recent publication is a cookbook entitled 'Garlic and Grapes' by Christopher Douglas Warrington If you would like to make a submission please email us at [email protected] Artists featured in this edition: Peter Goggins. (UK). Carl Roberts. (South Africa) Robert Seigelman. (USA) Marc Wolcott. (USA) Luis Alonso. (Honduras) Olivie Asja. (France) Jogi. (Germany) Ahmad Habib. (Pakistan) Steve Judges. (UK) Mark Getty. (Australia) Ruslan Korostenkij. (Germany) George Strasburger. (USA) Tom Palin. (UK) Ruchin Sharma. (India) Mark Badel. (Germany)

Welcome to the Sachet Mixte Women Arts Journal Edition 8. You will see here this time, artists from the UK and America, Wales and South Africa, Norway and Pakistan The journals are increasing in popularity and we now offer featured artists their own monograph. This involves them showcasing between 150-200 images of their works and presenting a much longer article about themselves and their work. We have just published a monograph of the works of Siddarth Kumar. Our art themed books are also developing with 'Naive Art', 'Pastels', 'Oils', 'Sculpture', 'Landscapes' and 'Male Nudes' being already published. 'Photography' is in development. We hope you enjoy this edition, and if you know of any women artists who may be interested in submitting to the journal in the future please email us at [email protected]. Featured are: 1. Sophie Kent. (UK) 2. Libby Page. (UK) 3. Karen Regan. (UK) 4. Lesley Magwood Fraser. (South Africa) 5. Alison Starkey. (UK) 6. Rachel Moody. (UK) 7. Lise Helen Breistein. (Norway) 8. Judith Herdman. (UK) 9. Sharon Hurst. (UK) 10. Julie Rymer. (Wales) 11. Emily Ward. (UK) 12. June Gadsby. (UK / France) 13. Emma Cownie. (Wales) 14. Irum Kazmi. (Pakistan) 15. Jo Keeley. (UK)

When talking to people about Landscape Art, or rather when people ask me what kind of art I most like to produce and I answer "Landscapes", I am almost always met with a half-smile and a glazed look in their eyes I think this is probably because a lot of people who don't really appreciate or study art forms believe landscape art to be boring and dull, and a bit of a 'safe' option. As this beautiful book will loudly declare, this is not the case at all, and the originality, variety and skill shown here will certainly change their point of view Landscape Art generally is art that depicts an area of land - makes sense doesn't it? But that isn't all - far from it. It can include landforms such as mountains, hills, rivers, lakes and the sea, as well as trees and other plants and flowers - but it can also include vehicles, buildings and structures such as bridges. As well as Landscape Art depicting nature in its most beautiful and dramatic form, it can be a pleasing background for people and animals, as well as buildings, and indeed this was the case for centuries when Western artists only put landscapes in the background of their portraits or still life compositions, or as a setting for human activity, with an historical or religious message. Landscape Art wasn't really taken seriously in the West until the 16th Century, after the era of Renaissance Art, unlike Chinese art which included Landscape Art as an established genre by the fourth century. Landscape painting did not really come into its own until the seventeenth century with the rise of the Dutch and Flemish schools. But I think it wasn't really until the 19th Century that Landscape Art really became widely appreciated. The Norwich School of landscape painters (active c.1803-1830s), founded by John Crome (1768-1821) and John Sell Cotman (1782-1842), extended the Dutch Luminist tradition and produced landscapes, coastal and marine scenes from around Norfolk. Meanwhile, JMW Turner (1775-1851), England's greatest and most original landscape painter, had arrived on the scene. A watercolourist until 1796, he became in 1802 the youngest ever full member of London's Royal Academy. Landscape Art in the 21st Century is very different to how it used to be in the time of the Old Masters. We now have such diversity of Landscape Art to suit all individual tastes, from Fine Art, Digital Art, Photographic Art, Impressionist Art, Abstract Art and Naive Art to Surrealism and many other art forms. An absolute feast How very glad I am that Landscape Art is now so widely acclaimed and recognised as a major contribution to the overall art scene. Landscape Art can be uplifting and soothing to the soul, and in this wonderful book, you will see just how beautiful, and diverse, Landscape Art really is. Look, Absorb, Read, but most of all Enjoy

We here at Sachet Mixte Publications are committed to supporting artists from around the world to expose their works to a wider public through a variety of means: * Sachet Mixte Bi-Monthly Journals (Sachet Mixte Women and Sachet Mixte Men). * Sachet Mixte Individual Artist Monographs. * Sachet Mixte THEMES (books devoted to varying styles of artistic creation). * Sachet Mixte Retreats in the South of France. * Sachet Mixte Social Media Groups (Sachet Mixte Community, Sachet Mixte Women and Sachet Mixte Publications). We also publish individual works by artists, authors and poets and non-fiction works. Our most recent publication is a cookbook entitled 'Garlic and Grapes' by Christopher Douglas Warrington If you would like to make a submission please email us at [email protected] All of our publications are available on Amazon and CreateSpace. Simon O'Corra Editor and Nigel Bray, Designer. This edition features: 1. Michel El Hachem. (Lebanon) 2. Shai Azoulay. (Israel) 3. Brian Cook. (UK) 4. Sebastien Laurent. (France) 5. Carmine Santaniello. (USA) 6. RJT Hayes. (UK) 7. J. Thomas Legaspi. (USA) 8. Shannon Hedges. (USA) 9. Lisandro Ramacciotti. (Italy) 10. Knut van Brijs. (Bosnia Herzegovina) 11. Allanrey Salazar. (Phillipines) 12. Georg Wachberg. (Austria) 13. David Watson. (UK) 14. Vahid Chamani. (Iran) 15. Darko Zivlakovic. (Czech Replublic)

We here at Sachet Mixte Publications are committed to supporting artists from around the world to expose their works to a wider public through a variety of means: * Sachet Mixte Bi-Monthly Journals (Sachet Mixte Women and Sachet Mixte Men). * Sachet Mixte Individual Artist Monographs. * Sachet Mixte THEMES (books devoted to varying styles of artistic creation). * Sachet Mixte Retreats (soon to re-commence in the South of France). * Sachet Mixte Social Media Groups (Sachet Mixte Community, Sachet Mixte Women and Sachet Mixte Publications). We also publish individual works by artists, authors and poets and non-fiction works. If you would like to make a submission please email us at [email protected] www.sachetmixte.com Simon O'Corra Editor and Nigel Bray, Designer.

Welcome to Sachet Mixte Men, Edition Ten. As you can see we have launched a new cover design with Sachet Mixte Men Edition 10. We decided to do this to better reflect the contents of the journal and to give prospective readers a better idea of the contents of each issue. As you can see a single example from each artist can be found spread over the front and back covers. This edition once again is international in its favour with artists from Indonesia, USA, India, Italy, Spain, UK, France, Belgium, Libya and Turkey. Also the works are diverse in style and content. We hope you enjoy this edition and if you or anyone you know would like to submit their work for a feature in either Art Journal (Sachet Mixte Men or Sachet MIxte Women) of for publication in our art themed books or indeed for a monograph, please contact us at [email protected] Featured: 1. Targo Youwan Istanto. (Indonesia) 2. Daniel Bolling. (USA) 3. Sandesh Talpade. (India) 4. MUDRA ARTE. (Italy) 5. Steve Cole. (USA) 6. lvaro Abella Garc a. (Spain) 7. Tonymalesart. (UK) 8. Gaar Taylor. (UK) 9. Carlos Thomas. (France) 10. Hendryk Gardyn. (Belgium) 11. Manolo Yanes. (Spain) 12. Dan Simoneau. (USA) 13. Steve Fuller. (UK) 14. Jamal Ahmed. (Libya) 15. Demir zyurt. (Turkey)

Hello Readers Welcome to the Sachet Mixte Women's Journal Edition 4. You will find here a variety of artists from the UK, Italy, Austria, Ireland, South Africa and France. This edition is the last which will present 21 artists as beginning with Sachet Mixte Men Edition 10 and Sachet Mixte Women Edition 5 each book will host 15 artists each with ten full page images and a text of up to 1000 words. We hope that this will encourage even more people to submit work, make the submissions more inspiring and encourage more people to buy the journals in the future. We have just published our first Sachet Mixte 'Themes' book, on the art of Na ve Artists. The second on Pastel Artists will be out soon. Many many thanks to all the contributors. For submissions and any other questions contact me on [email protected]

What is Na ve art? Na ve artists capture the now and freeze it in the forever. They create art in a world of their imagination without any boundaries or rules. It's a universe of enchantment where anything can happen in a realm of make-believe. Whimsical, fun, and charming, Na ve art appeals to all ages. "My child can paint like this" is a comment often heard by viewers of Na ve art. Na ve art is not childish. It is childlike, uncorrupted and, with a magical innocence, it imparts a sense of joy and wonder to the visible world around us. Na ve artists find their own technique, sense of expression and style without following convention. They interpret what they see in front of them or in their imagination. The image is transferred directly from their consciousness to the canvas without being filtered. Na ve art is a manifestation of happiness, colour and dreamlike images - a delightful space uncluttered by the harsh realities of the times in which we live.