by Patrick | Nov 12, 2015 | art, drawing, Lifestyle, painting, pastels
Have you ever woken on a train at the end of the line, disorientated and not quite knowing what to do next? A period of confusion before realising you are at your destination and need to get off. Being told you have cancer brings the same sense of disorientation and...
by Patrick | Oct 23, 2015 | art, art as language, drawing, Environment, Lifestyle, oil, Op Art, painting, pastels
Many of you will know that I have sold my interest in HotelDesigns, and after several months in which I have missed the activity and have had to kill the habits that drove the daily writing and thinking about hotels, I have become focussed on my artwork again, after...
by Patrick | Sep 7, 2015 | art, art as language, drawing, Op Art, painting
So much art these days. So much of it derivative, so little advancing, surprising or extending our understanding. So little beauty. When Beardsley grubbed in the darker regions of the human mind he produced drawings of extraordinary power and elegance, beautiful black...
by Patrick | Aug 31, 2015 | art, Design, Environment, Lifestyle, Travel
In recent years there seems to have been a resurgence in pride in creating quintessentially English interiors. At all levels of the hospitality market interior design practices have been producing design solutions that are recognisably within an English tradition....
by Patrick | Aug 6, 2015 | art, art as language, drawing, Environment, Lifestyle, oil, painting, pastels
On June 2nd I wrote about starting work on the honeysuckle images. Now, over 2 months later and physiotherapy completed, I am able to get into the swing of playing with colour and imagery. The gap out of the studio has made it difficult to get the work flowing, but...
by Patrick | Jul 18, 2015 | art, art as language, drawing, Environment, Lifestyle, oil, painting
In the hotel world Mr. Hilton’s strictures that hotels profitability is all about ‘location, location, location’ is probably one of the most quoted. In the world of artists less attention is paid to where the artist is working, unless it obviously impacts their work....
Recent Comments