Sugaring the pill

Our decision to move house has had the unsurprising consequence of drawing attention to just how much space my art work has come to take up. The new house will have slightly less space than this one, although I will still be blessed with a studio of my own. Nevertheless, I have had to grapple … Read more

Art as a fitness routine

As were are preparing to move house in the relatively near future a good part of my time is spent putting into some kind of order the work that has accumulated over the past three decades. I know that it would have been a good idea had I been more strict on a regular basis … Read more

Is it any good?

A large part of the past couple of days has been spent in the revision of this web-site. An essential element of that process has been an inspection of everything both on the current web-site and in my records in order to decide what should go in and what deserves to be left out. My … Read more

Gosh! Did I do that?

I’ve been sorting through some pictures looking for a selection which I might possibly submit for an on-line exhibition. I wanted there to be some thematic unity, and I am very well aware that it is far easier to transport work in acrylic (should it sell) than pastels. Having hit upon a theme I was … Read more