Another quiet few weeks with little time for art and only two attempts to create any work – the first a small watercolour/ink portrait of Catriona Balfe who plays Claire in “Outlander” a television time-travel drama set at the end of world war two which jumps back in time to Continue Reading
Galley Beggar
June 2016 Blog – Art and Music continued: Themes and Subjects
There are many recurring themes and subjects that have preoccupied painters throughout the history of western art including self-portraits and identity, the reclining nude, the Madonna and child, mother and baby, heaven and hell, Greek and Roman mythology, femmes fatales, nymphs and sirens. The list is endless and art students Continue Reading
July 1015 (2) Blog
I am now frantically preparing for a Summer Group Exhibition which takes place at the La Galleria (www.lagalleria.org) and the Royal Opera Arcade Gallery (www.roa-galleria.com) in Pall Mall from the 17th to the 29th of August. The show has an international flavour and selected artists from the UK, Finland, France, Germany, 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