by Patrick | Apr 20, 2021 | art, art as language, drawing, education, Lifestyle, Op Art, painting, photography
With over 50 now works completed my fascination with the rusting sea defences on the Cuckmere and at Seaford’s Splash Point continue. Initially it was the metal plating and its changes in colour under the impact of tides that were the driver, but the more I have...
by Patrick | Mar 29, 2021 | art, art as language, Op Art, painting, photography, wilderness
Right at the beginning of this series BRotS#1 had a vestigial wave pattern at its base, partly, I will admit, simply to hide the fact the drawing wasn’t quite square. See how intellectual the process can be? Ha! Throughout the remaining explorations and paintings, the...
by Patrick | Mar 20, 2021 | art, art as language, drawing, education, Environment, Garden, Lifestyle, Op Art, painting, photography
“So far, though I haven’t looked closely, the aesthetic dimension of NFTs is the least interesting thing about them, in the same way that you’re probably not so interested in the design of a large-denomination banknote, or the font of an artist’s resale rights...
by Patrick | Feb 7, 2021 | art as language, drawing, Environment, Op Art, painting, photography, Uncategorized
Abstraction that is not abstraction. Tiptoeing around reality. What exactly do these statements mean? In my mind they mean looking hard and seeing what others do not, seeing the normally unseen, a little like those childhood games where you are challenged to recognise...
by Patrick | Jan 6, 2021 | art, art as language, drawing, Lifestyle, oil, Op Art, painting, pastels, photography
Time for a little about how I’m working. I am fortunate to have a dedicated studio, not large but a bit bigger than the space I had as a student at Cosham in the 1960’s and large enough for a layout that has allowed me to develop a working discipline. I have the usual...
by Patrick | Jan 2, 2021 | art, art as language, drawing, Environment, Op Art, painting, pastels, photography, Uncategorized
It has been a while since I walked down to Cuckmere Haven. During COVID lockdown I kept hearing rumours of it being overrun with visitors and the road up to my usual parking place, Seaford’s Barn, was jammed with cars. Then I began to hear from friends, aware I was...
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