icon painting – John Allcock

Where does colour come from?

09/01/202507/06/2021 by John

Although I have done a certain amount of reading about colour since I took up art seriously, I don’t think that I had a sound a grasp of it until I went on the ikon-painting course at Mirfield, last week. Of course, I was aware of the origins of the “earth colours” in natural soils, … Read more

Still looking

09/01/202530/10/2019 by John

While I was making tonight’s dinner I listened again to the “sound portraits” of myself and my wife, mentioned in the previous post. I do find the whole experience to have been very thought-provoking….in both cases. Although she tends to have a rather negative view of herself in many respects, my wife’s “portrait” corresponded rather … Read more