by Patrick | Sep 17, 2023 | art, art as language, Design, drawing, education, Lifestyle, painting
There are now some 230+ articles on my artistic process and the life experiences that have moulded it, including of course a series of pieces on art education in which I was involved as a student and then a lecturer/course leaders/HOD for a number of years as well as...
by Patrick | Aug 14, 2023 | acrylicpainting, art, art as language, BRotS, Design, drawing, education, Environment, Lifestyle, oil, painting, pastels, photography
Life is complicated. Living is a process. Plan it all you want but interruptions to the process are inevitable whether from internal failure or external forces, physical, emotional, financial. Life is like that. When an artist starts on a journey of discovery through...
by Patrick | Aug 2, 2023 | art, art as language, Design, education, Lifestyle, oil, painting, photography
In a previous piece I wrote about Trechikoff’s ‘Green lady’ the unlikely winner of the ‘Most Reproduced Picture of the 21st Century’. Considered by most critics as a piece of kitsch it doesn’t usually feature in lectures on 20th century art, or in learned critical...
by Patrick | Jul 19, 2023 | acrylicpainting, art, art as language, education, Environment, Lifestyle, oil, Op Art, painting, pastels, photography, Remembrance, Uncategorized
“This happy band of men, this little world This precious stone set in silver sea This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, This England” Shakespeare’s Richard II “The centuries have left their enduring mark on the land and its people in the form of age...
by Patrick | Jun 14, 2022 | art, art as language, education, Lifestyle, oil, painting, photography, Uncategorized
I sat in the garden thinking (I do that a lot, maybe too much) and remembering the trip to the South African Delaire vineyard to see one of the most popular iconic paintings of the 1950’s and 60’s. Some say it rivals the Mona Lisa as a painting…(cough)… I remember...
by Patrick | Feb 10, 2022 | acrylicpainting, art, art as language, BRotS, Design, education, Environment, Garden, Lifestyle, pastels, photography, wilderness
“The influence of the media on the psychosocial development of children is profound. Thus, it is important for physicians to discuss with parents their child’s exposure to media and to provide guidance on age-appropriate use of all media, including television, radio,...
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