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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April 2017 Blog An encounter with Paula Rego, Portraits and Storytelling
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
August 2016 Blog Art and Music – Painting Sound
This is the last blog for the time being about art and its musical connections. I recently starting watching a television series about the history of recorded music and one of the episodes was entitled “painting sound”. This is exactly what has captivated me in recent years. Is it possible 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