From Abercairny to Barcelona
WHILE THERE IS still much faux ‘art’ to be depressed by, many people are now trying to restore our great tradition of classical art. I
WHILE THERE IS still much faux ‘art’ to be depressed by, many people are now trying to restore our great tradition of classical art. I
IT WAS A COLD winter day near the end of the 19th Century and a bright new sun arose that morning bringing warmth and new hope
ALONG WITH the long days of our Winter, the ugly reality that has become modern art continues unchecked here in Britain. For day by day,
“There is art and there is modern art, they are not the same. There is also drawing and modern art drawing, they are not the
CHARLES DICKEN’S wrote, “Never fear good people that Art will consign Nature to oblivion.” Yet today I do believe there is good reason to truly
THIS IS another tale of working and of traditional painting from Life. It does not have a fancy title, for I wish to make clear
SINCE I LAST WROTE recently about landscape and painting, a neighbour and a new friend, asked me, “Who was the best portrait painter?” I said, “Rembrandt.”
DEAR READER, I have provided two photos of this last painting. One in the light and one against. The painting is 3 feet x 4
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL in the Country today. I felt it regularly as I ran along the narrow lanes between those strong winds, cloud, sleet and snow;
DEAR READER, I was asked this week to explain about the pleasure and importance of drawing and why? So, my thought immediately, was I must begin first by
Dear Reader, AT THE BEGINNING of our New Year, I have enclosed for you a photo of a finished painting entitled, Glen of Ice and
FOR MY REVIEW of 2020 I thought I should provide you with excerpts of letters and art that help capture my experiences… Letter to a