In my last blog on bohemians I briefly mentioned my life in the music industry and some of the people I had met. There was one music publisher who, although not perhaps a true bohemian, was, dare I say it, slightly unusual in his methods and behaviour. His name was Continue Reading
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June 2015 Blog – A Bohemian?
I always wanted to be a Bohemian! As a teenager I was captivated by the romantic notion of starving painters, poets and artists living a carefree life in a garret in Soho or the Latin quarter of Paris. I admired those colourful creative characters who defied convention, dressed flamboyantly and Continue Reading
May 2015 Blog 2
This month has been an exciting and unusual one. Unexpectedly I had a quick break from my home painting and decorating activities and spent a day in London visiting the National Gallery to see the “Inventing Impressionism” exhibition. It was well worth the trip. For me, it was the best Continue Reading
May 2015 Blog
I’m unable to paint at the moment due to house redecoration duties which must take priority! I have had a little time, however, to look back over some old work and the period when I tried some life drawing and painting. For me this subject has always been a challenging Continue Reading
April 2015 Blog
Earlier this month I helped judge visual art works for a prize and, prior to seeing them at first hand, I viewed a number of the images on-line to try and obtain some kind of short-list before having to make my final decisions. However, having formed preliminary opinions about these Continue Reading
March 2015 Blog
This month we visited the Affordable art Fair in Battersea Park, London and had a very enjoyable day, taking in a wide range of art – paintings, prints and sculpture by over 1000 artists. There was nothing controversial about any of the work we saw and this show was a Continue Reading
February 2015
I’ve now been using my newly discovered Alkyd oil paints for a few weeks and quickly found out that, as claimed, they do dry slower than acrylics, but much faster than conventional oils; most of the colours I used ( nine or ten) hardened overnight. The great advantage is that Continue Reading
January 2015 Blog – Portrait competition
I can’t believe that November was the last time I put something on here, the time has flown by! I became absorbed with the 2014 Sky Arts portrait competition and followed it through to the final which was won by Christian Hook with his portrait of Sir Ian McKellen Continue Reading
November 2014 Blog
Much to think about today. I recently watched a BBC television documentary about art on the French Riviera featuring artists such as Cezanne, Renoir, Monet, Seurat, Matisse and several others who used the stunning summer light to create beautiful views of Cannes, Antibes, Nice, and many of the other coastal Continue Reading
OCTOBER 2014 BLOG – VARIETY
Unfortunately I have been unable to paint for the last few weeks but the enforced rest has meant that in that time I have been plunged into a mixture of absorbing experiences. They started with an excellent television documentary by Simon Schama on Rembrandt, to coincide with the exhibition Continue Reading