There is a kind of slow churning going on in the back of my mind as I recover from the frantic summer. I’m very busy indeed with DIY and gardening, but both of these activities leave a kind of inner space which other things can be going on. Very often comment about artistic “creativity” seems … Read more
At the moment I have run out of painting/drawing projects. There is nothing of that kind waiting in a notebook somewhere, hoping to catch my attention. Nothing is plucking at my sleeve hoping to be noticed. Suddenly, however, I find myself writing again. On this occasion the subject came out of the blue, but triggered … Read more
A fortunate piece of serendipity during our recent trip to London was my discovery in the shop attached to the National Gallery of a little book by the American writer Austin Kleon, entitled Steal like an artist. Not surprisingly I couldn’t resist taking a look at a book with a title like that, but I bought it and … Read more
I am beginning to wonder whether my current project has crossed over that line. Regular readers will have picked up references to my involvement in a series of paintings dealing with the theme of creation and creativity. I’m up to number six of a projected set of seven images, each of which has (in its … Read more