Too much is going on in our lives at the moment and I can’t keep up with it all! I haven’t had time to exhibit this year and, in any case, I’m not confident enough in what I’ve achieved so far to show it in public. Standards are improving all Continue Reading
National Gallery
It’s good to be back! April 2019 Blog
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
October 2015 Blog
September came and went so quickly that I didn’t have time to do many of the things I had planned for that month, except that we did book and spend what turned out to be a wonderful holiday in Italy and France. There was little room to consume any art Continue Reading
May 2015 Blog 2
This month has been an exciting and unusual one. Unexpectedly I had a quick break from my home painting and decorating activities and spent a day in London visiting the National Gallery to see the “Inventing Impressionism” exhibition. It was well worth the trip. For me, it was the best 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
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