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

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