My painting, The Swimmer, speaks to the heat of the Vancouver summer in 2015. The swimmer prepares to dive into the cool water. An opportunity to paint a figure study about physical fitness in the glare of the afternoon sun. Original and prints available at Saatchi Online.
Continue readingHappy to say that I sold most of my existing stock of life drawings today. Some unmounted pieces remain, so check the website for details.
Continue readingThis week, we are highlighting ‘Driven by Social Media’ from the sale collection.
Take a look, place a bid, or just pop in for a chat on the web page. Looking forward to hearing from you!
When times are hard and money is tight, I hear this often. The belt-tightening process seems to automatically result in ditching the creative. It’s ironic, because when anyone starts a new business, it surely springs from a creative inspiration. So, why is it that the very thing that inspired the whole thing is seen as […]
Continue readingThese days, every time I have to think, rather than just sitting down and brainstorming, my automatic port of call is the internet – that wonderful repository of tidbits, advice, checklists, gizmos, inspirational quotes, secrets revealed, magic answers, attractive distractions and so on. I don’t even think about it. I am hard-wired and programmed to grab the mouse and start clicking.
Continue readingI met Mary Hanafin, Minister for Tourism, Culture, and Sport, in the lobby of the Pavilion Theatre before a forum in Dun Laoghaire designed to give people in the arts a chance to feed ideas into the government’s cultural strategy. By the time the event had finished, I had come to my own conclusions as to why at least 90% of those in the audience were wasting their time and what really needed to be done.
Continue readingI’d almost forgotten about it, travelling for the last six months as I have been. But I still think it’s a great concept. Making Art Work is a website concept that I developed some time ago when we lived in Vancouver. The idea is a win-win for artists, charities and the local (or international) business […]
Continue readingLewis Evans has been a fartist for as long as he can remember. It just naturally seemed to flow out of me, he said, when asked how he managed such a prodigious output. His personal statement is simple and succinct. I look at my wife and think, ah, yes, lovely, and then I go and […]
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