Conversations (aka Talking to Myself....)
Work in progress on the studio wall - June 2020 In my last post, I talked about the use of a studio journal and the idea of dialogue or...
Sketchbook and Journal
Often we hear artists talk about their use of sketchbooks, or journals, or both. Sometimes, at exhibitions, we are lucky enough to be...
Between Artist and Place - A Space for Reflection?
Kurt Jackson - 'Pheasants Squabble Just After Sunset' (2016) mixed media on board 'An exhibition at Harvard University's Fogg Museum in...
Contemporary Landscape Painting - Replication or Interpretation?
Martin Greenland - Headland (2017) Oil on canvas Jonathan Mansfield - Seascape (West Bay) (2018) Mixed media on paper On the surface of...
Has the World Changed, Or Have I Changed?
My temporary 'studio' space, at home, from which I have been working since late March. I am planning to use these blog pages of the...
Maybe it's all just marks?
Musings on the relationship between abstraction and representation in painting. When is a tree not a tree? Some of my recent teaching has...
Being 'Unfashionable'.....
A few months ago, I was teaching in Cumbria and was lucky enough to have some time out to visit Castlegate House Gallery, in Cockermouth....
I Never Done Good Things.....
I posted an image of a recent piece of work on Facebook, yesterday, to mark what would have been the seventy-second birthday of David...
Work For Design
It has always been an important part of my work to have a number of different threads of practice. Sometimes this has been simply for...
A Promise to Myself.....
After a recent extended period of teaching, I find myself back in the studio with enough time and headspace to consider my own practice....
