Retrospective work has been absorbing me recently and follows on from my last post when I watched a South Bank show made in 1996 about Sir Peter Blake as he looked back on his life as an artist at that time. It prompted me to review my own output over Continue Reading
Sir Peter Blake
Not Enough Time! – July 2019 Blog
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
June 2016 Blog – Art and Music continued: Themes and Subjects
There are many recurring themes and subjects that have preoccupied painters throughout the history of western art including self-portraits and identity, the reclining nude, the Madonna and child, mother and baby, heaven and hell, Greek and Roman mythology, femmes fatales, nymphs and sirens. The list is endless and art students 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
November 2013 Blog
This time of year is always tricky for painting – short days, poor light and cold fingers combine to prevent making much real progress, even if the impetus to create is there. However, all is not doom and gloom. Dartford museum has accepted a painting of Sir Peter Blake which Continue Reading
August 2013 Blog
The Ian Dury exhibition “More than Fair” at the Royal College of Art which runs until September 1st was an absolute revelation and the most interesting I have been to for some time. It represents, in my view, some of the very best in pop art, and I went round Continue Reading