The Summer passed very quickly and shortly after a boat trip to Battersea Power Station in August with my wife, Christine, we both caught Covid which lasted a while and wasn’t very pleasant. We were both rather ill . We hadn’t had a break this year so we took a Continue Reading
Picasso
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
January 2017 A brighter, better year perhaps?.
By general consent 2016 was not a good year and I’m not going to mention many of the grim world issues or celebrity deaths or trivia that have preoccupied the media, social included, during the last twelve months. Suffice it to say that the words “peace”, “hope”, “equality”, “justice”, “freedom”, 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