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 29, 2021 | art, art as language, education, Environment, Lifestyle, painting, wilderness
Like many artists I had an exhibition pulled in the pandemic. The gallery remains closed and will probably still be closed until the summer, indeed may never reopen. The private sector of the gallery system, never healthy at the best of times, will retreat into...
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...
by Patrick | Dec 20, 2020 | art, art as language, drawing, Environment, Lifestyle, painting, pastels, photography, Travel
Among the many images I have collected of the #BRotS (see The Bridget Riley of the Shingle for explanation) are images of the defences at the mouth of the Cuckmere, part of a system aimed at protecting the internationally famous and genuinely iconic Coastguard...
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