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Learning From David Hockney
On a recent visit to David Hockney’s exhibition “A Bigger Picture” at the Royal Academy, not only was I uplifted and enthralled by his art, but also I took away with me several insights for creative...
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An Artist’s Feeling for Light and Relationship with the Creative Writer
“Show don’t tell” is one of the most common pieces of advice given to a writer; and this is the case with artists too. Yet sometimes we like to hear an artist explain their method of working. And so...
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Beyond The Scream of Edvard Munch, into Reflections on Identity
The other day I was reading through the typescript of the novel I wrote about my university life, finished a few years after I graduated: it was called “A Degree Without Honour“. The Scream by Edvard...
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What Do We Do About Art? There’s Always a Little Shop At The End
What do we do about art when we wander around great art galleries and museums? How I integrate art into my own life, on the wall of my writing space (photo credit Jamie Robinson) We see wonderful...
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Red Poppies and the Power of Story at The Tower of London
A family trip to the Tower of London at the weekend reminded me once again of how much I love visiting English castles. at the Tower of London (photo credit SC Skillman) I was trying to account for...
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Witty Insight into the London Art World
For all those who’ve wondered how one starts to get noticed as an artist in London, and is in the mood for a light-hearted approach to the subject I can recommend a book which might have escaped my...
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Believing in Dreams
It is a dream… of what has never been… true, it has never been, and therefore, since the world is alive, and moving yet, my hope is the greater that it one day will be… dreams have before now come...
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