by admin | Jan 7, 2014 | News
I am reading Martin Gayford’s wonderful biography of Michelangelo, “His Epic Life” in it he talks about the importance of paper as a catalyst in the birth of the Renaissance. An earlier biographer had also referred to this artist’s life as a “Life lived on...
by admin | Dec 29, 2013 | News
A gift this Christmas offered me a wonderful quote from the French painter Vuillard: “Who speaks of art speaks of poetry. There is no art without a poetic aim. Theres is a species of emotion particular to painting. There is an effect that results from a certain...
by admin | Dec 18, 2013 | News
The year comes to an end soon and in the northern hemisphere the Winter Solstice is approaching. From pre-historic times this turning of the year has been celebrated and worshipped in many ways. In ancient history the early Romans used it for their Bacchanalian...
by admin | Dec 11, 2013 | News
In this week of my birthday I have been enjoying music and art in equal measure, they both get to the heart of our emotional language of truth, those unspoken emotions that express our innermost feelings and thoughts. Inspiration for my Dance Drawings and Paintings...
by admin | Dec 5, 2013 | News
Cork street is under threat from developers, in a long running fight to save this bastion of British art, it is now coming to terms with change. In many ways London has had a stable designate art area for longer than New York, which has seen many shifts from Soho to...
by admin | Nov 29, 2013 | News
More galleries open every week in London, which must now rival any city in the world for the variety of shows on offer. It is always exciting to turn a corner and find a new art space awaiting. The art scene in London is in some respects so diverse now that it can...
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