by Patrick | Oct 27, 2023 | art, art as language, education, Uncategorized
I spent a lot of time thinking about how to approach writing about the Turner Prize at the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne. I am always slightly hesitant to write critical views of other artists work when they are likely to be negative, conscious as I am of the hurt...
by Patrick | Jul 19, 2023 | acrylicpainting, art, art as language, education, Environment, Lifestyle, oil, Op Art, painting, pastels, photography, Remembrance, Uncategorized
“This happy band of men, this little world This precious stone set in silver sea This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, This England” Shakespeare’s Richard II “The centuries have left their enduring mark on the land and its people in the form of age...
by Patrick | Jun 10, 2023 | Environment, Lifestyle, photography, Travel, Uncategorized
End to a long hot day. A trip into Eastbourne to see the Hepworth exhibition again. On return the drive around the road passing Beachy Head and Birling Gap. When empty it is a delight to drive quickly, but today is slow, rubber neckers behind tourist buses. The padre...
by Patrick | Mar 20, 2023 | Lifestyle, photography, Remembrance, Uncategorized
(This is the second of the memoires for nephews and grandchildren requested by them to help them remember and honour their grandad) I have dad’s wartime record but not his own flight book, which was burned at the end of the war. He said lots of them were burned, the...
by Patrick | Mar 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
Just ‘dad’ to Patrick, Jenny and Robert (in descending order). Husband to Dorothy – also known as Dottie. There are earlier generations of course but this is his story, not theirs. First though a caveat. Dad like to relate experiences from the past and as with many...
by Patrick | Mar 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
As I sort through new works to show in Gallery UNO in Seaford, I ponder my past shows. I have lost count of the number of exhibitions I have had in galleries across England – yes all in England despite my Welsh heritage. Shows in London, Liverpool, Manchester,...
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