Category: inspiration
As some of you know I take part in the 28 Drawings Later Challenge every February. Well, I didn’t last year what with all my art stuff being…
Gutted to hear of David Bowie’s passing today. Truly one of the 20th Century’s great artists. I bought Blackstar on Friday, the day it was released. I’m so…
In those games where you have to list your dream dinner party guests, Brian Eno is always high on my list. In my case it’d be less a…
Last Summer my friend Rich, who is in a band called Also Eden dropped me an email. He asked “have you ever done artwork for an album cover?”…
This, from The Guardian’s review of the new Tate show ‘Picasso and Modern British Art’ amused me; and shows vividly how public acceptance can so often be a poor guide to…
I’ve never done one. Perhaps 28 Drawings Later is the excuse I need to try. Some interesting musings on the topic of Self Portraits in The Guardian’s Notes and…
The February Drawing-a-day challenge that was born last year is back, with an extra day and a physical exhibition! TAKE A LEAP THIS FEBRUARY WITH 28 DRAWINGS LATER…
Managed to get a ticket to see the Leonardo exhibition at the National Gallery in London this weekend. Apparently all advance tickets are now sold out (the exhibition…
Above : Winter Thaw in the Woods – Tom Thomson I’ve discovered an interesting blog being written by Julian Beecroft, called Coast to Coast with Tom Thomson and…
I love this. Basically the guy has a system set up which takes a picture every five minutes and calculates the ‘overall’ colour of the sky. Fasicinating for…
I look close up at paintings. I want to see how they’re built and with Turner it’s always built with slavers of paint; scooped, stretched and pulled across…
Found some photos of the statue from yesterday’s drawings. They are by Dave Trott (hope he doesn’t mind me pimping his work here) and the original sculpture is…
From Mutts by Patrick McDonnell – one of my favourite comic strips. Obviously all copyright Patrick McDonnell – used with respect, if not permission =)
“Sooner or later every one of a painter’s possessions will get stained. First to go are the studio clothes and the old sneakers that get the full shower…
The current painting is from the amazing album ‘Spirit of Eden’ by Talk Talk, most notably this opening track ‘The Rainbow’. I could honestly paint forever from this…
One of the fantasy artists who first inspired me as a child, Frank Frazetta, died on Monday aged 82. Please take a moment to look up his work…
The sunsets have been stunning the last few nights – this is a photo of tonight’s, but because my windows are so filthy, the autofocus has picked up…
A wee bit of fun 🙂
Stumbled upon an exhibition catalogue in a box of papers of this artist’s work and it’s just stunning. Her landscapes capture exactly what I’m trying to do but…
You may have noticed I’m slightly besotted with this piece of music and how artists are interpreting it visually – I posted an animation accompanying part of it…
Statement, June 7, 1943 by Mark Rothko, Adolf Gottlieb, Barnett Newman 1. To us art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by…
Probably the piece of music that I’ve most wanted to paint in 2009. A couple of short sections from Rhian Sheehan’s Standing in Silence with beautiful visuals too.