I ‘m terribly disorganised at the moment having lost or destroyed at least three paintings which I thought I had kept. I don’t have enough space to store and keep track of everything I have produced and really long for a big studio with much more storage room – somewhere Continue Reading
Peter Dadswell
It’s good to be back! April 2019 Blog
After a period of essential maintenance carried out on this website, it’s good to be back with some more of my experiences as an artist who is not only an art enthusiast but also someone who is particularly interested in the arts in general and many kinds of music. Every Continue Reading
New Work in Progress February 2019 Blog
One of the most flamboyant singer/songwriters to emerge during the last few years is Lady Gaga. Like David Bowie she constantly reinvents herself in her songs, performances and appearance. Her make-up, hair-style, dresses, and other costumes can change quickly and dramatically, and although best known as someone who performs her Continue Reading
Originality, Copyright and Copying – January 2019
The word ‘original’ for an artistic or musical work means that it’s created and produced for the very first time: it is totally new and has never been seen or heard before. A works existence depends on a degree of thought, skill, effort and labour used by its creator but, Continue Reading
December 2018 Blog Originality
I’m finding it amazingly difficult at the moment to create anything which has any real degree of originality and has never been done before. Art and music require imagination plus genuine creativity in subject matter, style and presentation but, as time has passed, so much has been produced throughout the Continue Reading
November 2018 Blog Current Exhibitions
11th November marked the 100th Anniversary of the first world war armistice and this event was acknowledged in many parts of the world and particularly in Europe. To mark the anniversary there have been many services, concerts and media tributes to those who died and acknowledgements of the horrors of Continue Reading
October 2016 Blog – The Value of Art!!
Two issues seem to have dominated the news in the art world so far this month, the self-destruction at an auction at Sotheby’s of a work by Banksy immediately after it was sold for £1.04million and an exhibition in Mayfair of works where crypto-currency payments are being accepted as the Continue Reading
September 2018
Thanks to my wonderfully talented illustrator friend, Amber Anderson, I’ve recently been introduced to the amazing creative world of Jessica Thom aka Touretteshero. Jess Thom is in this painting as Touretteshero, in “Me, My Mouth and I” performing a Samuel Beckett play, and a close up as she normally appears Continue Reading
August 2018
I have always followed Billy Connolly’s career and was shocked when it was announced that he had Parkinson’s disease which my dad also suffered from. I saw Billy live, not long before he was diagnosed with the illness, thanks to Trudi our daughter, who bought us tickets for one of Continue Reading
June/July 2018 Blog
Some sporadic attempts at painting over the last few weeks but again domestic demands have taken priority over my artistic efforts. There are also many new shows starting as usual – The BP Portraits award, The Royal Academy summer Exhibition and many more in and around London. There is also Continue Reading