After a period of essential maintenance carried out on this website, it’s good to be back with some more of my experiences as an artist who is not only an art enthusiast but also someone who is particularly interested in the arts in general and many kinds of music. Every Continue Reading
Rembrandt
March 2017 Portraits – Alison and Rembrandt!
It’s that time of year again, the art portraiture silly season! The Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibition coming to the Mall Galleries, The BP National Portrait Awards judged ready for the annual show at the National Portrait Gallery, The Sky Arts “Portrait Artist of the Year”, another TV series Continue Reading
May 2016 Blog “Challenging” Art?
How often do you see the words “challenging” used by art reviewers and critics when referring to works exhibited in shows or featured in reviews and books? “Challenging” always irritates me as so often it is about pieces which shock, outrage, disturb, offend or fool people into believing that they Continue Reading
February 2015
I’ve now been using my newly discovered Alkyd oil paints for a few weeks and quickly found out that, as claimed, they do dry slower than acrylics, but much faster than conventional oils; most of the colours I used ( nine or ten) hardened overnight. The great advantage is that Continue Reading
November 2014 Blog
Much to think about today. I recently watched a BBC television documentary about art on the French Riviera featuring artists such as Cezanne, Renoir, Monet, Seurat, Matisse and several others who used the stunning summer light to create beautiful views of Cannes, Antibes, Nice, and many of the other coastal 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