Hand
pencil on paper
1979
Monday, 25 May 2015
Sunday, 24 May 2015
THE PAINTING AS A PLACE
from 'The Shape of a Pocket', by John Berger:
'The painter is continually trying to discover, to stumble upon, the place which will contain and surround his present act of painting. Ideally there should be as many places as there are paintings. The trouble is that a painting often fails to become a place. When it fails to become a place, a painting remains a representation or a decoration - a furnishing.'
and, continuing in the same essay, he says:
'Working alone, the painter knows that far from being able to control the painting from the outside, he has to inhabit it and find shelter in it. He works by touch in the dark.
.... How does a painter work in the dark? He has to submit.'
'The painter is continually trying to discover, to stumble upon, the place which will contain and surround his present act of painting. Ideally there should be as many places as there are paintings. The trouble is that a painting often fails to become a place. When it fails to become a place, a painting remains a representation or a decoration - a furnishing.'
and, continuing in the same essay, he says:
'Working alone, the painter knows that far from being able to control the painting from the outside, he has to inhabit it and find shelter in it. He works by touch in the dark.
.... How does a painter work in the dark? He has to submit.'
Saturday, 23 May 2015
ARMOURED HEAD
'Armoured Head'
2013
oil paint and metallic acrylic paint, on paper
61cm X 46cm
this and many other of my artworks at this link:
Thursday, 21 May 2015
THE FERRYMAN (SONG)
i have written many songs - some of which i even used to play and sing in public, a long time ago. the only one i've so far launched on the web is the 'The Ferryman' - at the link below.
i wrote (and sang) this in the 1980s. at the time i didn't have much in the way of recording equipment, but the sound is clear enough.
i created and added the visuals later, when i made the video.
'The Ferryman' is dedicated to my father, who loved the words.
i wrote (and sang) this in the 1980s. at the time i didn't have much in the way of recording equipment, but the sound is clear enough.
i created and added the visuals later, when i made the video.
'The Ferryman' is dedicated to my father, who loved the words.
MY PAINTINGS AND OTHER ARTWORK
'The Red Cloak'
oil paint on canvas
70cm X 70cm
2011/12
this - and many more of my paintings - are on Flickr, at the following link:
there are also many of my paintings at the excellent site ArtStack, at this link:
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