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I see the division between the research works on paper and what I regard as the more formal realisation of ideas on canvas – the mythmaking and then the ritual. Through the paper experiments I have been playing with high textures https://t.co/kA123rxMG1
Called 'Chocolate Teapot' as an alternative to #Cuckmere Lace, this new #painting is based in a #photograph of the sea defence to the Coastguard Cottages which are little more use than the teapot. #Acrylic paint on 300gsm paper, 27 x 16.5 inches £125
So much of our world is ugly. But ugliness and beauty are such subjective terms.https://t.co/l1m2kfRGzb
Stretched a large canvas yesterday. Pleased it went as tight as a drum, suspect that like every canvas I have made for over 50 years, it is out of square.... Ah well https://t.co/olqxDqTfCa
Tripping out on pot https://t.co/kA123rxMG1 after a day #painting in the studio. This #canvas is 3 x 4 feet, #acrylicpainting , based in the rusting sea defences at #Seaford and the #Cuckmere
Once upon a time a country almost lost its sense of self. Almost, but in quiet rural corners and in the depths of the people’s souls, the self is still there, hidden under layers of verbiage and selfishness, behind greed and avarice https://t.co/wNTAdTVIkR
Do we see influences in our work in a rear view mirror? Or is it simply that having been through art school the philosophy of art we develop embraces us and colours all our thinking? Are art schools a bit Jesuitical https://t.co/polxnmNROh written just before cancer diagnosis
In November 2015 I was diagnosed with a cancer, and embarked shortly after on a course of treatment.https://t.co/f9xZenVVgh This Saturday I have a check up which will hopefully confirm 5 years clear, thanks to successful treatment
In the Renaissance art was read by most people. The visual language artists employed was comprehensible to most. Literacy was limited and usually the written word served those who ruled – primarily the Church https://t.co/ptDaCgTwbc