by Patrick | May 16, 2019 | art, art as language, Design, education, Environment, Lifestyle, painting, photography
“The artist has one role: to see on behalf of other people. Each tries to make small steps forward in seeing for he is the one whose eye and brain should be in union and accord” says Tom Philips RA in Tom Philips, ‘Words and Texts’ Thames and Hudson 1992 I spent many...
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 | Apr 24, 2019 | art, education, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Those who were staff and students in the Bauhaus are known as ‘Bauhäusler’. The last leader of the crew was Mies Van der Rohe, appointed in 1930. Mies remained in Germany until civil architectural work dried up as the economy shifted onto a war footing, leaving in...
by Patrick | Apr 10, 2019 | Lifestyle, photography, Remembrance
A year on from first attending a ringing practice. Time passes, and milestones drift by. I was one of the 3,000+ people recruited to take part in the global Remembrance ring for the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War in which over 1,400 ringers...
by Patrick | Mar 24, 2019 | Design, Environment, Lifestyle, Travel
Place: Kasbah Angour, Tahanaout, Nr. Marrakech, Morocco Type: 4-star Hotel Operator: Owner and Creator Paul Foulsham Web: www.Kasbahangour.com Date of Visit: March 2019 A man with a dream – no, a Yorkshireman with a dream. A geologist working for oil companies buys a...
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