Paintings, drawings, the visual arts of 2D
Recently I had a much need holiday in Penzance and attended the Newlyn Art School and the Coast course run by Imogen Bone.Looking back, I enjoyed my time there; Cornwall is the best for an art escape, with its more rugged scenery. The group spent all four days outside sketching, although it had to be … Read more
On my journey into art, I’ve learned to use it to help flourish and address the suffering that plagued my life for so long. I never looked much at art before, but I had an idea for many years to try my hand at it. A few years ago, I put aside my indecision and … Read more
A question sometimes asked about art and artists is ‘Does art always have to have a purpose?’ Modern art begs this question because the art found in art galleries and museums is confusing and absurd. There’s also the history of ‘art for art’s sake; most advocated by Abbott McNeal Whistler, who makes art for its … Read more
Wanting to use up some of my canvas boards lying around I looked at the photos I took last year of my trip to Paignton in Devon. I remember what draws me to the coast and seascapes, the interface between the land and the sea, the rocks, sand water create interesting colour palettes to paint … Read more
What is Art? Some ask this philosophical question after Duchamp’s famous upturned toilet. The Modern Art that’s popular today, what gets in the galleries and museums, is often more likely to be conceptual or abstract. But the problem with such art, as Tom Wolfe points out in his essay The Painted Word, is the ambiguity. The artist’s statement … Read more
After years of chasing after atmospheric art, after being wowed by Turner, the smeared, palette knife works of Erin ward, Louise Balaam, etc. Like Plein air painting years ago, I’ve noticed it all tended to look the same. Now I now yearn for something else. Form. After years of delighting in lost edges, I now … Read more