Art as Transformer is an exploration into the relationships between painting and photography and the effects photography has upon the ways we interpret the world around us. The increase of mobile digital photography over the last 17 years has given […]
27/5/17 I took a bus ride to the Centre Culturel Suisse, in the Marais district, to see Silvia Bächli and Eric Hattan’s installation Situer la différence. I first encountered Bächli and Hattan, at their show at MK Gallery in 2013 […]
Notes from a DIY residency in Paris.
All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind. Kahlil Gibran I am not a natural learner. Well, not in the traditional, educational model of; linear, sequential, bite-sized chunks type learning, […]
In early 2005 I was visiting the National Gallery in London and found myself looking at The Mond Crucifixion by Raphael. I was transfixed by the beautiful handling of paint, the delicate portrayal of skin and fabric, and the sensitive […]
Tribute to the Late Howard Hodgkin by Lucy Elizabeth Jones
Between the 7th July and 30th December 2017, 80 Contemporary British Paintings will go on display in 4 Chinese art museums for the very first time.
A selection of recommended exhibitions for the week ahead, including museum shows by Pink Floyd and Giacometti in London, sculpture in Salisbury and painting in Derry-Londonderry.
We meet on the first Thursday of the month, usually to listen to a speaker, followed by question and answer session/conversation I will discover from this blog as it progresses, how to go about it, how to write it. This […]
Today I let improvisation control my morning walk. I needed a plant for a friends birthday, a look at an old wooden trawler, which is about to be broken up, and some exercise mixed with a bit of freedom from […]
Yesterday I attended the first of five day classes in Drawing and Movement at The Royal School of Drawing in London. It was a very full-on practical session where I learnt so much about drawing from the tutor, Sara Lee-Roberts. […]
Selected new works 2017 from my on-going mixed media painting series inspired by the landscape of The Chiltern Hills, north of London. All mixed media on paper.
Walking and being immersed in the landscape brings a connection to its integral beauty and its value to our mental and physical health. Through these walks I absorb the sights and sounds the landscape of Somerset and elsewhere brings to […]
