The news does seem to have been rather dire for some time now, at a world level and nationally. Things have been a bit flat at the personal level too. I’ve been sending off requests for exhibitions at a fair rate, taking advantage of the fact that I haven’t got an active art project on … Read more
Yes: it does seem a trifle eccentric. No: I am not a devotee of some arcane religious sect with a different calendar. The weather is forecast to be good tomorrow, so I plan to practise what has become for me an extremely important aspect of the ritual of Christmas. I will go out into the … Read more
You have probably seen the famous Monty Python sketch about the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition …. which, of course, nobody expects. Starting with the mention of their “two weapons”, the list rapidly expands to at least four in a series that is potentially indefinitely open-ended. I’ve had a moment like that today. In previous … Read more
No: I don’t mean that I’ve swapped the lady with the crystal ball for the one with the tarot pack. I’ve tried using watercolour pencils for the first time.* I have poked about a bit with these in the past, primarily using them as a sketching medium. This week I decided to give them a … Read more
What an odd experience! Over the past few days I’ve been incubating an idea. (This will be based on the traditional architectural image of the “Green Man”.)* A set of four images have been sketched out, and reference material assembled….primarily in the form of pictures of the leaves of various trees. I’ve been interested in … Read more
This afternoon we drove over to the neighbouring town of Ilkley, where I had the chance to see an exhibition of work by one of the people who attend the life-drawing class I go to each week. Struggling against the limitations imposed by the current pandemic, the town is managing to put on a version … Read more