This week I am between commissions, all my work is done, and its given me chance to do something that I try to do every year. But this year its even more intense than before. I don’t mean that the question is more intense, I mean that the search for the answer has been. My […]
I don’t know what it is. And I don’t know exactly how to find it. Others have got it. But I haven’t got mine Not yet. I’ve come close to finding it But its proving elusive at the moment. Its something I’ve searched for before And not found But its got to be there […]
Most commission paintings that I do are with their new owners within a few days of completion. But the one I delivered at the weekend had been with me for four months or so after I’d finished it, propped up against the wall in my studio I saw it on a daily basis. I knew the […]
As usual in my life I’ve had a week of doing about five things relating to artwork I’ve done, want to do, and currently doing. The one I want to do, and hoped to be starting next week as a commission for a client is on hold whilst she sorts out more prosaic matters before I can […]
I’m just back from another wonderful holiday in the picturesque county of Kent. I’ve seen a lot of the world, and know parts of England very well, but Kent is still a newish discovery for me and one I am still loving exploring. The weather was mixed, starting off with clear blue skies and hot sunshine […]
Rolf Harris has been in the news a lot recently, for all the wrong reasons. Up until then, his paintings were valuable assets that people wanted to own because they liked the man as an all round performer. He was a celebrity who could sing, and entertain, and paint. He did work for charity and […]
