by Patrick | Nov 22, 2014 | art, art as language, drawing, oil, painting, pastels
In the Renaissance art was read by most people. The visual language artists employed was comprehensible to most. Literacy was limited and usually the written word served those who ruled – primarily the Church and the armed warriors of the aristocracy who protected and...
by Patrick | Nov 17, 2014 | art, art as language, drawing, Environment, painting
Do we see influences in our work in a rear view mirror? Or is it simply that having been through art school the philosophy of art we develop embraces us and colours all our thinking? Are art schools a bit Jesuitical – that ‘give me the boy and I’ll give you the man’...
by Patrick | Nov 7, 2014 | art, art as language, drawing, oil, painting
The trouble is development of ideas never quite seems to go in straight lines. Perhaps it is ideas moving in parallel, but the grid I was working with last week went into stasis this week and I was swept away by the waves again. From the colour plays that are...
by Patrick | Sep 6, 2014 | art, art as language, drawing
Impatience is a real problem for me. I ordered the stretcher pieces and a roll of canvas ready for the next painting before I had finished the drawings. The canvas is fine, but I think I may have ordered a stretcher that is going to be too small…. The drawings...
by Patrick | Aug 27, 2014 | art, art as language, drawing, oil, painting, pastels
In to Paint is to Love Again I showed the start of the painting. I started with high ambition that it will work well but I end with a self-critical kicking as I see where it is failing. I am somewhat embarrassed that, this time, it is entirely because of my monomaniac...
by Patrick | Dec 14, 2013 | art, art as language, Environment, Lifestyle, photography
Dad taught me to see, taught me to draw. He had an artistic side that rarely found any outlet. He did a little marquetry but enjoyed teaching me how to image a ship’s bow looming up, how to image a Spitfire wing growing realistically off a fuselage. He made me...
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