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The Poetry of Paint : My Year in View
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...
Solstice : My Week in View
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...
Soul Man : My Week in View
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...
Plus Ca Change : My week in view
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...
Joie de Vivre , My Week in View
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...
Le Sacre
My Week in View: A great show at Christies in Mayfair of British Pop Art, where the 1960's spring to life with early Hockney's and Blake's looking fresh as paint, along with the other stars like Allen Jones who still shine brightly and some who have now faded from...