by Patrick | Jan 14, 2023 | art, art as language, drawing, Lifestyle, Op Art, painting, photography
The success of the art college system outside of the Universities was the cause of its fatal decline. The Universities could not compete with the creative glow the colleges gave off even at the local level, and the thriving Dip.A.D. degree system was putting to shame...
by Patrick | Aug 5, 2022 | acrylicpainting, art, BRotS, drawing, Environment, Lifestyle, Op Art, painting, photography, Uncategorized
It’s been a tough year. Is that what happens as one ages – each year gets tougher? Physically I have always tried to exercise, even buying a share in a central London gym once at the height of the gym investment craze. Great place to exercise. Went bust of course. I...
by Patrick | Feb 22, 2022 | art, BRotS, Environment, Lifestyle, Op Art, painting, photography, wilderness
Its quieter now. We are I guess, some 400 yards from the beach, and the persistent thunder, a little like traffic noise, has gone. The sun is shining, and the weathermen and women can stop panicking until the next stiff breeze comes along. My admiration for those who...
by Patrick | Dec 3, 2021 | acrylicpainting, art, art as language, BRotS, Environment, Op Art, painting, photography
In my last piece To See or Not to See I talked about photography. It was of course the driver behind much of the change in artistic perception, from Muybridge to commercial soap adverts (Bubbles), all building and subtly altering the way people see or use their...
by Patrick | Oct 2, 2021 | acrylicpainting, art, art as language, BRotS, drawing, Lifestyle, Op Art, painting, pastels, photography
For over eighteen months I have been working from images of my local sea defences, fascinated by the complexities of colour and texture generated by their decay. Sheet metal supposedly protecting the concrete structure that in turn protects a sewer treatment outfall,...
by Patrick | Sep 1, 2021 | acrylicpainting, art, art as language, BRotS, Design, drawing, Environment, Lifestyle, Op Art, painting, pastels, photography
During ArtWave 21 I have been asked to participate in the ‘Celebrate Cuckmere’ exhibition at the South Hill Barn, a newish venue in the South Downs National Park on the edge of Seaford, because of the work and essays I have written about the sea defences...
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