I had a phone call this week from a guy who had contacted me earlier on this year, wanting me to consider him for a male model when I do life drawing. I politely informed him at the time that I’d add him to the list. I think by April I’d had five different guys making […]
Christmas is always full of the hopes of happiness that we all long for, and if we’re lucky, we get. At this time of year people turn to the internet for their Christmas shopping. But what I never quite understand is the desire for people to throw money at something in the hope that it […]
Back in July when I took the photos of the poppy field in Kent, I knew I wanted to do a painting of them as soon as I could. So when I found that the art workshop that I went to at the weekend was entitled “Poppy field in acrylics” I realised that this was […]
A woman contacted me a month or so ago, having seen a local advert that I’d put up, asking if I could teach her to paint in acrylics – “Yes, no problem, of course I can” was my response. We agreed a date between us, which was yesterday, and she came along with her painting […]
I’ve got a lull in my artistic life this week. No fabulous artworks to paint, so that means the usual reponse to that. Do some admin. If in doubt, website updates is the usual answer. I’ve not looked intently at my website for a few months, since I know that when I do any updates that all […]
This morning was spent doing a very familiar thing for me, helping to set up an art exhibition. It was a group set up so that made it a lot easier since everyone who could attend helped in some way either with the hanging (hangmen aren’t the only ones!) or the various promotional information that go […]
Mmm…what do you give a good friend on his birthday? Someone who I knew really was affected images and also liked erotic art and was fascinated every time I talked to him of my latest painting whether it was erotic or not. The obvious answer to me was a copy of the “Guild of Erotic Artists Volume 2” […]
