October 2023 Covid and after

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

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

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