A Practised Eye

A Practised Eye

by | Jun 9, 2016 | art, art as language, drawing, Environment

I have been using a digital camera now for some 15 years. My first had a marvellous 2.5-megapixel sensor, my latest comes in at 55-megapixels. A bit like the early days of computers the process of development has engulfed photographers in upgrade after expensive...
Tunnel Vision

Tunnel Vision

by | May 30, 2016 | art, art as language, painting, pastels

“I think therefore I am” 17th century philosopher Descartes doubted everything he said and began his treatise by saying that everything he knew was false. By denying everything, he can begin his argument free and clear of prejudice, with an open and innocent mind....
Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft

Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft

by | May 21, 2016 | art, art as language, drawing

Sussex has many pretty villages, and Ditchling shows how many are being spoiled by traffic and their identities being subsumed into the metropolitan urbanity. The centre of Ditchling is the traffic jammed mini-roundabout, and of the rural lifestyle that attracted...
In a Mad World

In a Mad World

by | May 13, 2016 | art, art as language, drawing, Remembrance

The writing was on the wall in Europe long before 1939. Hitler came to power in 1933, the culmination of a series of economic and political catastrophes across Europe. Churchill warned a complacent British political class (aren’t they always?) of the dangers on the...
The Cat Sat

The Cat Sat

by | Feb 21, 2016 | art, art as language, drawing, Environment, oil, painting, pastels

Spring is sprung in the garden. The occasional night drops below zero and we have the occasional frost but the daffodils are out, crocuses abound and everything is popping into bud. The right time to start a new piece of work and do a bit of a spring clean to the...