November is a month when things recede into the earth. The American alt rock artiste, Tom Waits wrote a poignant song about November: ‘it only believes in a…
In exploring his spin painting gimmick, I believe I’ve taken things further than the ‘richest artist on earth’ (Damien Hirst). A colleague from St. Martins suggested I put…
‘Drawing is the probity of Art’ so Ingres said. All people who study Art in any shape or form will eventually find themselves doing some life drawing or…
Damien Hirst’s art often relies on a gimmick or two; his spin painting for example – a fad introduced by the children’s TV series ‘Blue Peter’, re-presented as…
In May 2014 Zoe Pilger wrote an article for the Observer online titled ‘Why such a scandal over a nude painting of a Cambridge Academic ?’. Apparently, ‘the…
I have always painted and drawn from life (the nude). Originally I was encouraged by Royal Academy Schools (RAS) graduate, Anne Roberts. At Great Yarmouth we were further…
