Started a self portrait for a submission in April. It’s a strange one, I feel like I’m looking in a non reflective mirror doing my hair and applying the makeup as usual. First days work below: acrylic on canvas … Read More
Visiting Artists: The Guest Room In my adolescence, I visited the artist in a London flat. There was a room designated for the studio; I could not smell turps or white spirit; I could not see a Francis Bacon tsunami … Read More
Visiting Artists Visiting Artists One day in about 1966 two artists visited the art supply shop below the Overgang at the harbourside in Brixham. The younger artist knew the king of art mediums is oil. With linseed oil, turps, … Read More
Iris Tree, Dora Carrington, Gwen … Read More
For the last few weeks I’ve been amongst the pots; mid century pots to be precise; I have visited a potter who would throw 250 pots a day at Milton Head Pottery. I’ve had a masterclass in the mind set … Read More
Little Heart Breakers: The tiles are now depicting little pictures that are references to childhood and adolescence; a lot of time spent practising handwriting, drawing faces and thinking up children’s names. Found a load of school work where the margins … Read More
Text sketch; using the poem
A verse from a poem my father wrote to my mother; to be included in ‘Little Heartbreakers’ I’ve always been too busy But not, if she knew it, so busy That a day has gone by without I felt something … Read More
The preliminary plans for ‘Little Heart Breakers’; a picture on polydraw using pen and ink. These very small tiles were made by Milton Head Pottery but ended up at home. I remember sticking earring clips on the back on some … Read More
In the 1960s, it is possible to avoid the presence of inquisitive child artists in the pub; no child, no matter how precocius, is allowed in the public bar. The older artist can hold forth on the tyranny of the … Read More
Where have all the potteries gone,long time passing Given freshly fired and glazed presents is like being given delicious food.; or at least something to put it on. Visiting a potter always meant being given something lovely, even if it … Read More
