After a 35 year gap, Kate Bush will be performing live at Hammersmith tomorrow night in the first of a series of sell-out performances and I wish her every success as, in my view, she is our greatest female songwriter. She is totally unique and has written some of the Continue Reading
Peter Dadswell
July 2014 (Part 2)
The warm weather this month seems to have created a flurry of activity and four new paintings have been completed in a very short space of time. The heat has also speeded up the drying process with the oil paint as two of my works were thickly and quickly painted Continue Reading
July 2014 Blog
My last commission has been completed and has now arrived safely in Italy. Unfortunately I don’t have a copy of the final version, but a I did take copies of a couple of studies and the commission itself, just prior to making the final adjustments to the faces of the Continue Reading
June 2014
The last few weeks have been ones of intense activity- finishing a commission, repairing a damaged painting, starting some new work, going to exhibitions, meeting and contacting new and old friends and generally looking at the art world from a new perspective. Part of the reason for this feverish period Continue Reading
April 2014 Blog
Some of my facebook friends have recently been circulating this: “I am an Artist: This means I live in a fantasy world with unrealistic expectations. Thank you for understanding.” I agree; it probably applies to all artists whether they perform music or create visual work. I try hard to paint Continue Reading
February 2014 Blog
Last month La Galleria www.lagalleria.org in Pall Mall held a portrait exhibition featuring five artists, Brigite Bey (Sculptor), Margarita Schleifer, Raha Tabar, David Caldwell, and Daniel Shadbolt. This group show was impressive and I hope all of these talented individuals will go on to achieve greater success with their work Continue Reading
November 2013 Blog
This time of year is always tricky for painting – short days, poor light and cold fingers combine to prevent making much real progress, even if the impetus to create is there. However, all is not doom and gloom. Dartford museum has accepted a painting of Sir Peter Blake which Continue Reading
October 2013 Blog
September was a good month for us, the highlight being a wonderful holiday in the South of France with beautiful weather. We visited an exhibition in Aix-en Provence about the many artists influenced by the South during their lifetime, including Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso, Renoir, Monet and Dali and this proved Continue Reading
August 2013 Blog
The Ian Dury exhibition “More than Fair” at the Royal College of Art which runs until September 1st was an absolute revelation and the most interesting I have been to for some time. It represents, in my view, some of the very best in pop art, and I went round Continue Reading
9th July
A few paintings were added to the galleries yesterday. Two of the three works uploaded to the “People” gallery – “This House is Empty Now” and “The Other Woman”- are from songs where the main female figures sit on beds staring at the viewer, with landscapes, a portrait, still life Continue Reading