Cyprus!

I have now been in Cyprus for five days. I am a member of Staff at the Limassol Studios in Limassol, which is part of the Cyprus College of Art. It is not exactly a real teaching job as I am just there to provide support to a group of student, while we all make art...
Cecily Brown at Modern Art Oxford

Cecily Brown at Modern Art Oxford

‘Almost every time a painting show happens, or a young painter makes a splash – in the market as much as on a canvas – someone crows about a return to painting. As if, in a moment of blinding revelation, the entire art world had come to its senses:...

on the suffering of fools

I have always thought of those that take the position never ‘to suffer fools gladly’ are a terribly dull and rude lot. For, to my mind, it is the fools, the dafties and the eccentrics who are the people you would rather be trapped with. The fine educated...

Seen a lot of movies recently…

One of the lovely things about being an artist, is that you can use the excuse of visiting galleries and museums to get you out of the house and call it research. Then you can find a whole range of anonymous pubs and cafes to sit, ponder and read the paper in....

about time I blogged….

I expect you are all wondering why there has been no blog for a while…?! So engrossed in new painting? (not really) Having a great new social life in Oxford? (not yet) Nothing really to say? (more like it). I am typing this as I try to recover from a mystery...