by Patrick | May 7, 2019 | art, art as language, Design, drawing, Lifestyle, Op Art, painting, photography
Another artist recently asked “where are the squares…. have you finished with them?!!” I was aware that through the last few paintings the squares have diminished and then appear to have vanished as I started the ‘Peg’ series, but as I peg out my new line, have the...
by Patrick | Apr 28, 2019 | art, art as language, drawing, education, Environment, Lifestyle, Op Art, painting, photography
A while ago I wrote about seeing art around me. Probably a major part of that vision is my training and 50 years of experience in the art and design business. It is not a secret world though, but one that everyone can enjoy. Picasso talked of the child like innocence...
by Patrick | Feb 2, 2019 | art, art as language, Design, drawing, education, Op Art, painting, photography
Part Three – Colour and Albers In addition to Schlemmer’s rules on the body through his life drawing classes ( and Griselda Pollock presents a coruscating analysis of this in feminist art history), there are other guidelines that create constraints to kick against,...
by Patrick | Oct 19, 2018 | art, art as language, Design, drawing, Lifestyle, Op Art, painting, pastels, photography, Uncategorized
“The notion of the found object as artistic material, content and subject-matter provides the inspiration for The Everyday and Extraordinary, an exhibition… Whether modified, presented in a new context or left unchanged found objects have had an enduring impact on...
by Patrick | Aug 26, 2018 | art, art as language, drawing, oil, Op Art, painting, pastels, photography
As I start another painting to join the growing number in the store over the garage, I remember my pride being dented when I discovered the first of my college paintings, proudly taken home to my parents, had been used to block up a hole in the garden fence. Critics...
by Patrick | Jul 28, 2018 | art, art as language, drawing, oil, Op Art, painting, pastels, photography
I’ve tried walking sideways, And walking to the front, But people just look at me, And say it’s a publicity stunt. (Spike Milligan 1956) Sometimes fascinations recur. In the 1970’s I started to deconstruct the square I use in the paintings, looking at the...
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