The RA Schools Show 2025 is set in part of the Royal Academy where the Schools are housed. Location of this annual event varies according to the specific…
Coventry in 1977 was a peculiar place to visit: we made our way to the city on a Triumph 750 Bonneville. ‘Strapper’ (a British biker), white-lined it along…
David Cockney claims ‘smoking cures Coronavirus’. The lesser known (but talented) artist what comes out of the East End has sparked controversy by claiming he never ‘needed no…
‘Bum’ by Alan Dedman is an artwork currently on show at studio1.1 gallery in London, arising out of Dedman’s ‘Bums and mad dogs’ series from boyhood. A seven…
This Year’s Model ’25 (part one) at studio1.1 London, is a refreshing show of work by member artists linked with the gallery and its curators Michael Keenan and…
Using colour on Ithaca outlines the ethos permeating our landscape painting course which takes place this year from May the 7th until the 14th, 2025. Drawing is (or…
Portrait of a boy connects with ‘Bums and mad dogs‘, a childhood theme. Recently I determined to paint a mad dog and draw a bum onto galvanised steel,…
Painting ‘en plein air’, Alan Dedman completes a large study of the Ashton Swing Bridge and River Avon near the Cumberland Basin, Bristol. Littoral territory is (according to…
Transgressive. Michael Keenan, one of the curators of studio1.1 in London described my work as ‘alarming’ and ‘transgressive’. It was good to hear his feedback. After too much…