The View Beneath My Feet
Spent a family walk in the country (chosen for its breathtaking views) photographing the ground. Exasperating for co-walkers, but who can possibly resist these patterns and textures?
In Black and White
From the studio – another note on process: Recently I have been taking both coloured and black and white snapshots of works in progress and looking at them together. This is proving to be a useful tool in my work process. It came about as a result of looking through an old book on Fauvism and discovering that many […]
In the Papers
It’s been a weekend of paper: On Friday the Matisse cut outs exhibition ; on Saturday viewing a recording of Amanda Vickery’s The Story of Women and Art , wherein I was intrigued to hear of the Renaissance papercut artist Joanna Koerten; Sunday a battle of my own on some large, still life compositions which are […]
Monumental Art
I have long been intrigued by the notion that art doesn’t have to be large in scale to be monumental in feel and that small-scale objects or pictures can pack a hefty punch. Never to be forgotten was a small, compelling painting which I saw at the BP Portrait Award 2011. It was Tomas Georgeson’s […]
Artistic Influences
The work of many different artists is inspirational at particular times, depending on what aspects of process, technique or subject I’m grappling with at the time. Here are a few recent favourites: W. Barnes-Graham, William Scott, Egon Schiele, Magritte, Howard Hodgkin, Juan Gris, Morandi, Richard Diebenkorn, Peter Kinsey, Patrick Caulfield, David Hockney, Titian, Carravaggio, Luis […]