January 2016 Blog – Light and Dark

The new year is already moving forward quickly and every day brings surprises – happiness, sadness, the good and bad. Extreme weather conditions, the death of David Bowie, several other high profile musicians, Sir Terry Wogan, a significant birthday, hundreds of thousands suffering the effects of war and so many Continue Reading

December Blog – Goya and his portraits

I had always thought my knowledge of Goya was fairly substantial as, not only had I seen many of his works in the Prado, Madrid, but I had also studied the “Disasters of War” series of his etchings at the British Museum, sketched a few of his works and read Continue Reading