The best of times
The best of times Monday turned out to be all sun; the news ‘n weather terrorists as usual forecast doom n perpetual clouds and we forgot about the full moon cycles (turns out full moon came round on monday) so … Continue reading →
Micheal
Winter painting in Auction at Artbomb this Saturday
December looks to be giving us a White Christmas this year; I gave Carrie at Artbomb 2 of my winter pieces, one of which will be in the Online Auction this Saturday; not knowing which one they will actually put … Continue reading →
Paris paintings at the Art Barns
“montmartre” 17.5″ x 14″ mixed media (watercolour / acrylic panted directly on gessoed birch panel) Painting near silence, open ended wanderings, seeing life in everything, possibilities finding expression as new paintings of / from Paris at this Sundays Art … Continue reading →
Holiday Art Market at Wychwood Barns this Sunday
New Paris / Winter / Bikes paintings at Wychwood Barns Holiday Art Market … Continue reading →
stepping in doo-doo (as if i was mindlessly walking a parisian street)
Gathering together a running conversation following a FB post yesterday….. taking a paragraph out of the article…… ” “In the art world, the question, ‘What is art for?’ makes people uncomfortable,” explains de Botton, who has since been invited … Continue reading →
way too early, but here goes
working alone is the preferred condition; freedom from structure allows a self imposed discipline to emerge. i know of artists who go out in groups and paint their silly heads off together but that is definitely not me. at the … Continue reading →
Consistency; yesterday catches up to today
given the lifespan of FB posts is mere minutes does posting / consolidating FB running dialogues here actually highlights growth / changes with respect to public recognition of the work or am i merely being a lazy blogger? to quote … Continue reading →
Daydream Willows
Believing in, applying, my own definition of what a landscape is, then, I am not a landscape painter, which is not to say I haven’t painted a landscape. I abstract shape, form, rhythm, pattern out of the landscape I lose … Continue reading →
2 new Paris Watercolours
there is no possible preparation for trying to paint simple ordinary everyday life in an extra-ordinary city like Paris, where I could literally stand anywhere and begin to paint what was in front of me . I did not do … Continue reading →
Bicycle painting published on cover of book
One of my bicycle paintings is now a cover for Barry Dempsters new book, the Outside World. A big thank you to Beth Follett of Pedlar Press for this. this prompted a number of wonderful not only flattering, but … Continue reading →