Image: LITTLE FRENCH INTERIOR. Acrylic on Handmade Paper. 2019. ZOOM has come into a lot of our lives lately as a way new way of connecting with a number of friends and family. Despite it providing a new challenge for the digitally challenged, it has been a lifeline for many experiencing the isolation of lockdown.…
Image: CAR TAX. Watercolour and Gouache on paper. 1982. SORRY WE MISSED YOU. Before the lockdown my wife and I saw a film directed by Ken Loach written by Paul Laverty called ‘Sorry we missed you’. If you haven’t seen it I would recommend you look it up. It’s not an easy watch but it…
Image. Detail of painting: Ancient Archways. 2019/20. THE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAIL. As we prepare for an announcement on how to begin to exit the lockdown it is widely felt that locking down will probably have been easier than what is to come. With 30 thousand deaths reported yesterday, the highest total in Europe so…
Image: Exhibition poster. 1977. NOTHING TO DO WITH THE QUEEN. 1977 was the Queen’s jubilee. Street parties were planned throughout the UK and I was involved in holding my first one man show in a London gallery. As today the spirit of nationalism was palpable. Being more of a fan of Johnny Rotten and The…
Image: DANCERS. Watercolour and Gouache on Handmade Paper. 66 x 57 cm. 2000. DANCERS. After the last wordy blog I thought I would just post an image for you to enjoy. This is my second painting about dancing used in my blog posts, this one being twenty years old. It always surprises me how little…
Image: ‘DON’T MESS WITH ME’. Mixed Media Collage. 10 x 10 cm. 2011. TO APP OR NOT TO APP IS NOT THE ONLY QUESTION. The Isle of white is the designated place to roll out the new NHSX contact tracing app and we are told it will require a 60% take up from the public…
Image: Graving Dock, the Stover canal, Teigngrace. RESTORATION Our daily walk today took my wife and I along the river in the Teign Valley, through a worryingly inquisitive and frisky heard of young cows, to the footpath which skirts the old Stover canal. The canal was opened in 1792 and closed in 1940. It runs…
Image: WAITRESS. Acrylic on Slate. 11 x 25 cm. 2014. THOSE WHO SERVE. The recent announcement of one off payment for essential service workers is welcome of course but does it just sweep the problem under the carpet? To summarise: The Financial Times lists doctors and nurses as “key workers” and also include delivery drivers…
Image: Acrylic on French Newspaper from Nov 23rd 1963. 2016. PARADIGM SHIFTS. Events and discoveries that changed the world. I immediately think of Einstein’s theory of relativity, the assassination of JFK, the moon landing, 9/11, the financial crisis of 2010, the development of the internet and of course the Corona Virus outbreak: but there are…
Image: THE KISS. Mixed Media Collage on Card. 20 x 20 cm. 2011. THE KISS. The lack of close personal contact is a large part of what makes this imposition of social distancing so terribly hard to bear. I remember well that in the 70s, during the early days of our relationship, my future wife…
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