on artworks and two small paintings
the artworks annual exhibition opens this weekend at blackthorpe barn in the heart of rural suffolk. i am one of thirty artists exhibiting new work in this art exhibition. [edit: i would like to...
View Articledon’t panic..!
Here are six paintings from my experimental series of one hundred paintings on paper, numbered from I to C (i-See), also informally known as the chromat-ids, in reference to the simple divisions of...
View Articlewould you buy this painting?
[untitled water painting, acrylic on linen, 20cm x 20cm] dear reader, would you buy this painting? it’s never been in a gallery or an exhibition (it has no picture frame) and it’s very unlikely to be....
View Articlebuy none, get another one free!
introducing another very small drawing on a postcard art giveaway – it’s free art for a friday, or #FAFAF..! [untitled drawing on a postcard, 10.3cm x 14.5cm] this small drawing on a postcard is...
View Articlefrom a lake, seen [in a sketchbook]
from watching the surface of the water on one fine afternoon in late august, two pencil drawings in a very small pocket sketchbook… sketchbook drawings, first two are drawn from observation, the rest...
View Articleviews from the castle, to cornwall
last weekend the norwich castle open artshow 2012 opened to the public and i was privileged to be on the guest list to attend a packed preview evening. i didn’t apply for this open art exhibition (and...
View Articlead libitum exhibition at the apex gallery
news on a new exhibition… [ad libitum art exhibition] Ad Libitum is a term which refers to a personal approach to the interpretation of a musical score (at will, as one pleases). Ten leading East...
View Articlecut open art exhibition
last weekend i submitted two ‘abstract’ paintings for The Cut Open 2012 art exhibition… the handing-in day was very busy and it was very nice to meet & chat with some artists i know. i have not...
View Articlecut open art exhibition [pictures]
The Cut Open Art Exhibition 2012 Tuesday 4th December – Saturday 22nd December 2012 Cafe-bar & exhibition open Monday to Saturday, 10am – 4pm The Cut New Cut Halesworth Suffolk IP19 8BY [View...
View Articlea new year, a new diary
it’s a new year and i have a new desk diary, but the year ahead is looking quite empty… the first (graphite) drawing was done on the day after boxing day (it rained most of the day). on the first two...
View Articlean escape from the country
do you remember my experimental travelling abstract iCons series from early 2010 – where will they go, i often do not know there are currently three of these small canvases on display at the lovely...
View Articleanother winter, in pictures
another winter stuck out in the sticks; or how i have endeavoured to evoke a fleeting sense of this winter landscape, in pictures. what follows are some of my small sketchbook paintings (on paper) from...
View Articlerca secret postcard art exhibition 2013
tomorrow the RCA’s Secret postcard art sale & exhibition returns for its twentieth year, this time at the royal college of art’s shiny new dyson building in battersea, london. [RCA SECRET 2013]...
View Articleand yet another waterlog
and yet another water log… [the footpath was out of bounds, a lakeside view] [flooded meadows, next to the river, above the waterline] [flooded meadow, approaching snow island, calm waters] [flooded...
View Articlemore secrets revealed
more secrets revealed… look dear reader, here are the three miniature postcard paintings i recently created for RCA Secret 2013! [three postcard paintings in the artist's studio, shelved] i spent quite...
View Articlea mug’s game
hello reader, this is my all-time favourite mug… [mug shot] it’s a hornsea (lion) mug dating from the 1970s, a design created out of cut-up & collaged newsprint typography. unfortunately, i put...
View Articlediary days
diary days… [some pages from my diary] see previous post, a new year, a new diary: it’s a new year and i have a new desk diary… …
View Articlea month of may days
a month of may days… some pages from my current A6 notebook/sketchbook; a slight return to the elements of wood and water (after trips out to the coast and into constable country) [drawing, graphite...
View Articleon some things in passing
dear reader, last week i completed one large painting for the forthcoming artworks exhibition! i have been mostly painting in the evenings and at weekends to finish it on time (for the catalogue)… i’ve...
View Articlethe field days of summer
from july to august… some super-fast making-a-mark field landscape sketches whilst out and about, reworked and redrawn with graphite pencil and watercolour … three sketches from one...
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