Tag: Tracy Emin

How I make my work by Alan Dedman

How I make my work explains my painting and drawing, which has become autobiographical. I use it for self-analysis, personal inquiry and healing. I move to and fro…

The Turnip Prize

The Turnip Prize 2023 demarcates twenty five years of rural intransigence towards the effete twaddle spawned by the Turner Prize, based in London. Originally, the Turner Prize celebrated…

Damien’s Hearse

Damien’s Hearse. The wife said: ‘That’s not very nice!’ and the boy said ‘Well he’s not very nice! he cuts cows in half and pickles sharks.’ In trying…

All about BGD by Alan Dedman

‘All about BGD’ is the label my father put on a photo album. The initials BGD stand for Basil, George Dedman. Whilst clearing their home, I found photographs…

Me, Vlad and Brenda

Me, Vlad and Brenda is a triptych by Alan Dedman, in acrylic paint on canvas. “I used monochrome images, based on photo reference, to create three ‘spin portraits‘…

Crouching Nude by Alan Dedman

Olwyn Bowey advised me to ‘only paint and draw that which you like and are interested in – never paint to the market’. To work in any capacity…

Life drawing at the Royal Academy Schools

Peter Greenham RA insisted all first year students at the Royal Academy Schools should work in the Life Drawing Room (Life School), drawing directly from the nude. Anachronistic,…