Image: PAINTED POEM 2 and 3. Mixed Media on Canvas. 2019 PRIDE. They say that pride comes before a fall, which is understandable if it is solely for your own achievements but pride in your children achievements is surely admissible, at least this proud father thinks so. If you have children I am sure you…
Image: Brave New World. Acrylic on Canvas. 2010. Private Collection USA. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BREXIT ? Given the current crisis Brexit now seems a far off problem with little relevance, but slowly and surely the wisdom of reducing our already limited free movement, together our separation from Europe is increasingly called into question. The earning…
Image: The Gift of Fire. Mixed Media on Canvas. 30 x 30 x 1.5 cm. 2018. Private Collection Greece. HOPE. ‘Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all’ Emily Dickinson. In Greek mythology the tale of Zeus and Prometheus is…
Image: Coffee Sack Series No.4. AVALON. Mixed Media on Canvas. 50 x 50 cm. 2016 LEGENDS If I hadn’t become an artist and teacher of art I would have probably become a historian or an Archeologist. Legends like the tale of King Arthur fascinate me. Was the Isle of Avalon, the legendary resting place of…
Image: LITTLE ST. GEORGE. Mixed Media Assemblage. 2013. PROTECTION When times get rough we rely on those who protect us, be they actual, traditional or religious. We all remember ‘God for Harry, England and St George’, but St Georges net is spread wider than these Shakespearean shores. St George is the National Saint of: Georgia, England,…
THE ESSENTIALS. Its true that man can’t live by bread alone, but even if he did, first he has to find a shop that sells flour. Of course you need to have the money to pay for it too. Spare a thought for a great many pensioners, the homeless, and the unemployed, for whom living…
Image: The thin Grey Line. Acrylic on Canvas. 2014. We often have to tread a fine line and we wish it was wider. Nothing seems more true than at the moment. This poem is about our relationship with that thing we call fate. FINE LINE. There’s a fine line we all must tread, a fine…
MENDING FENCES. The old fence had fallen to bits and needed to be replaced, so here I am about half way through the job. No hurry of course, looks like I’ll have time, but the roses will need something to grow against when they start to bloom again. Sunny days with all those small jobs…
ANTIQUES Got a feeling that most of my Lockdown blogs have been a bit too serious of late so I thought this picture taken in a little town in Australia in 2017 may cheer you up. See you tomorrow. G
FILLING THE TIME. It very much looks as if this lockdown will be extended beyond the original three weeks deadline and for all you creative people out there you may be wondering how to fill the time. Here’s an idea for you…… Do you have a piece of furniture which is past it’s sell by…
