I’ve lost confidence in the last few weeks about my ability to achieve consistently good likenesses with my portrait painting. My success rate at the moment in the last three attempts is not good – Dame Judi Dench poor, Syd Barrett poor, Dame Paula Rego reasonable. Some artists are able Continue Reading
Elvis Costello
May 2016 Blog (2) Art, Music and Synaesthesia
Some of my earliest childhood memories are of art and music. I clamoured for pencil and paper so that I could draw – anything and everything. Certain pieces of music sent strange tingling feelings down my spine at a tender age too. Sketching, painting, listening and performing subsequently became central Continue Reading