Yet another positive test for covid! What a drag! I had to cancel a session with a model I had scheduled for this morning, so any hope I might have had that I could begin to move forward with my work once more has had to be laid aside. Things are very much at a … Read more
Now there is a word that gets the artist’s juices flowing! The trouble is, it covers a very large range of institutions, from the National Gallery to some place on a sea-side front selling souvenir trinkets. Yesterday I decided that it was about time that I tried to extend the range of outlets for my … Read more
At least, I hope so. I’ve reminded readers from time to time that my intention in writing this blog is to give folk some idea of what it is like to be an artist, by relating the art bits of life to the other bits of it. Well: there is a truly surprising amount of … Read more
I took a firm grip on myself today and applied for exhibitions in two locations I have had in mind for some time. Thinking about the decision afterwards it struck me that we artists often find ourselves in a kind of double bind of a complex kind, that undermines us. There is a temptation to … Read more