Firstly, you are reading the 100th article to flutter down from the windows of 'Artfully Abstracted Towers' – any bottles of Champagne...

As this column reaches its first century (the article to follow this one will be the 100th!), it's time for some shameless plugging....

There are a few paintings hanging in galleries across the world that hold a legendary, almost folkloric attraction. People make...

Last week, on November 11th 2024, the world lost Frank Auerbach, one of the greatest figurative painters of our time. He was 93. Auerbach...

In 1983 I graduated from Reading University, necessitating a return to the prison of my family home. Subversion was impossible. Any...

“ The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes”. (André Gide) I studied a Gide text for my French 'A'...

I have recently enjoyed a 'mini-holiday' (much-needed) in the form of a visit by a dear friend from Germany. In anticipation of our my...

Vincent Van Gogh said (maybe) “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” Whether Vincent Van penned or uttered...

A few of you know that, just over three weeks ago, my brother-in-law passed away after the sudden onset of a short but horrific...

Some of the best quotes are never fully attributable to any one individual. Either that or their words and/or essence have been massaged...

Well guys, this is now a nonagenarian site! It's taken me just under two years, but here we are on the ninetieth piece of artistic...

When the new, pretty striking, portrait of King Charles was unveiled, I was kept entertained for some time by searching and reading...

The concise and magnificent words in today's title came from the mouth of Jackson Pollock, one of the greatest, most influential and...

Once again, people, apologies for the change in 'title-style'. I'm still trying to find the format that brings the best engagement to my...

May 4th  saw the passing of the prominent American artist Frank Stella. Born in Malden, Massachusetts, in 1936, this highly distinctive...

Good evening to all my readers from a cold, damp UK, where the term 'April Showers' seems to be taking the proverbial, so to speak......

First of all, today's post is the 'weighty eighty' – the eightieth post in this column since its inception twenty months ago. For this...

Greetings to all my followers at what really should be the beginning of Spring here in the UK – how is it in your other respective...

This will probably be the last post of 2023, so may I begin by thanking you all for your support – and input – over the past year. Happy...

Well, not me or my mind, particularly – though some might consider the title apposite! Instead, I refer to https://www.thecrazymind.com/,...