Recently really enjoyed taking part in the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week on Instagram. Portrait Artist of the Year set up the sessions free to all during lockdown, for which very many artists were both grateful and inspired. Open access to some wonderfully interesting celebrity sitters who talked… Continue reading
Well, what can I say? What times we are living in.A bit of a serious post. I have been shielding elderly relatives (who are quite scared and in one case just cannot comprehend what is happening) Whilst carrying on day to day life under the lockdown. It’s been a time… Continue reading
A new decade beckons and I along with many others get to wondering what the future has in store. This time of year I often get a strong urge to make changes and I have spent the past week blitzing and repainting both the living room and kitchen. Why did… Continue reading
Can’t believe it is December already, it’s been an odd sort of year, and I have spent quite a bit of it soul searching about the direction I want my art to take. Feeling like I am at the edge of something new – perhaps it’s also an age thing!… Continue reading
Another of the studies I made of those pesky lemons a few weeks ago. I am now working on a larger more finished version of this still life. Same props, different lemons 😊 will try and keep the looser brushwork if I can though.
Following on from the Paris film an auto colourised film of Halifax in 1902, probably filmed only a decade later. The fact that it is colour seems to make it so much easier to relate to the people in the film and I can't help but wonder how many of those young boys did not make it through World War I. Again fascinating glimpse into life at the turn of the century. I am totally fascinated by these old films and photos. 🙂