Driven to abstraction?

Participation in exhibitions is often interesting for reasons which have nothing to do with selling one’s work. Very often the most useful part of the occasion can be the opportunities for conversations with colleagues.  My involvement with the Thornton Art Trail over the week-end is a case in point. One of the other exhibitors in … Read more

There’s art, and there’s art

This afternoon I decided that it was about time I responded to promptings from various friends, and checked out the current Biennale exhibition at the Dean Clough Gallery, in Halifax. What an interesting experience it was in comparison with my trip last Saturday to see the Patchings Festival. In comparison with the Halifax event the … Read more