by Patrick | Jul 4, 2021 | acrylicpainting, art, art as language, BRotS, drawing, Environment, Lifestyle, Op Art, painting, photography
I don’t enjoy drawing in public. I mean by that working away with a cluster of people, ebbing and flowing, constantly changing, peering over my shoulder. I used to work in the studio when teaching but then always prepared to talk to my students about what I was doing,...
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 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...
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