Posted on December 9, 2019 2 Comments
Following on from my last post, my artistic journey in Ireland began with my sketchbook, taking in the surroundings of the beautiful land and recording my first lines of the landscape. I learnt that there are so many ways to record nature: a loose line in a sketch can always lead to so many ways […]
Posted on September 12, 2019 2 Comments
Its been quite a while since my last post . Travelling to Ireland last year experiencing new ideas and rekindling lost relationships . The two came together beautifully . After quite a few years in Cyprus painting from my imagination mostly . In Ireland I became a landscape painter full of expression . The difference […]
Posted on March 18, 2018 Leave a Comment
It’s a joy to go back to the sketchbook , to revisit old themes . Also the intimacy of making a diary with drawings ‘ or sketches which seems to be a little lost in today’s world it seems . I look forward to progressing my thoughts, ideas & sketches
Posted on January 27, 2018 Leave a Comment
A truly magnificent moment for me , viewing Francis Bacon’s Studio live at the Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin . Every inch every spec is seen in his studio .. every brushwork felt . Being so close to a powerful Artist Space is breathtaking.
Posted on January 22, 2018 1 Comment
I decided that rather then thinking too hard to draw the image in . I had a moment of clarity standing in front of the work I looked away from the picture and made broad abstract shapes on the canvas and suddenly the shapes of theses figures appeared . The interesting thing was how liberating […]
Posted on January 21, 2018 Leave a Comment
why Oh why did I not think this painting did not work , looking back now in my opinion how wrong was I .
Posted on December 6, 2017 Leave a Comment
2017 ‘ Standing Nude In The Life Room ‘ Painting in process ……
Posted on December 5, 2017 2 Comments
The Painters shoes revisited , in the Artists Studio
Posted on November 4, 2017 2 Comments
From the sketchbook to the paintings continued
Posted on October 26, 2017 4 Comments
‘ In a decaying society Art if it is truthful must also reflect decay and unless it wants to break faith with its social function , Art must show the world as changeable and help to change it ‘ Ernst Fisher