I have always found art and music totally absorbing. Some of my earliest childhood memories relate to them. I clamoured for pencils and paper when I was young so that I could draw – anything and everything. Some songs on the radio made me emotional at a very tender age. Continue Reading
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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
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
October 2017 Blog
I have just discovered a great source of inspiration which is also an excellent resource for all aspiring artists. Thanks to a friend of mine, for the past few weeks I have been watching a television series on The Community Channel called Colour in Your Life which is designed to encourage Continue Reading
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
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
December 2015 (2)
Another exhibition will soon be opening at La Galleria Pall Mall (www.lagalleria.org) to sell Christmas art gifts from Saturday 19th to Tuesday 22nd of December opening daily from 9 am to 9 pm. I’m hoping to raise money for charity from the proceeds of any paintings I sell. The main 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
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