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Moments of Reflection
Thursday November 03, 2011
Sometimes in a moment of reflection, I look at one of my wall mounted paintings and ask myself “why did I paint that?” Usually, the only good reason I can come up with is “because I wanted to paint it at the time”. This begs the question “why do I paint?” The sheer... -
The Process of Change
Wednesday March 02, 2011
The current political awakening of the peoples of North Africa and the Middle East is an important historic milestone. This powerful movement is sweeping away long established and entrenched dictators and their corrupt henchmen. Unfortunately, it is being achieved at a tragic human cost in both lives... -
The Painter and The Writer
Monday June 14, 2010
Exhibiting at the Portico Library and Gallery in Manchester got me thinking about the relationship between the painter and the writer. Painting is a universal "language" understood by all humans. Serious painters think of the visual effect that the finished work will have on the viewer, and concentrate... -
Musings on the relationship between an artist and collector
Tuesday February 02, 2010
Some of the latest published research on brain function (Iain McGilchrist – The Master and his Emissary - 2009 Yale University Press) suggests that the two hemispheres of an individual brain have evolved to operate partly in conflict with each other. Strange thing humans! Yet an individual brain... -
Creating a balance
Wednesday October 07, 2009
I read somewhere recently that it has been found to take a minimum of 10,000 hours of intensive application to master a skill. The article related to the playing of music by the Beatles. By the time the Band had a first hit record in the UK the writer was suggesting that the Beatles had already spent...