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EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY UP AND COMING UK ABSTRACT ARTIST HAYDN IN HISTORIC ENGLISH VILLAGE
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...

Haydn Dickenson
May 20, 20242 min read


IN MEMORIAM FRANK STELLA – AND SOME THOUGHTS ON SEAN SCULLY
May 4th saw the passing of the prominent American artist Frank Stella. Born in Malden, Massachusetts, in 1936, this highly distinctive...

Haydn Dickenson
May 6, 20242 min read


EXHIBITION NEWS AND A NEW PAINTING
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......

Haydn Dickenson
Apr 28, 20242 min read


ON SOME THOUGHTS OF HENRY MOORE AND OTHERS AND A FASCINATING AUSTRIAN ARTIST.
First of all, today's post is the 'weighty eighty' – the eightieth post in this column since its inception twenty months ago. For this...

Haydn Dickenson
Apr 23, 20244 min read


THE HAYDN ROOM.
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...

Haydn Dickenson
Apr 19, 20242 min read


SHOOT!
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...

Haydn Dickenson
Dec 19, 20231 min read


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

Haydn Dickenson
Nov 2, 20231 min read


THE CENTRE IS EVERYWHERE
With a nod to Blaise Pascal, I would like to introduce today my new painting, THE CENTRE IS EVERYWHERE. This 40 x 40 cm oil painting...

Haydn Dickenson
Oct 21, 20231 min read


ON STYLE AND APPROACH.
Regular and long-standing readers may remember earlier articles in which I have spoken of my creative process; of the very first fizzing...

Haydn Dickenson
Jul 29, 20233 min read


THE BIG FIVE - O!
Something a little irreverent (though not intentionally irrelevant) for today – I'm allowed to, for today's post marks this blog's...

Haydn Dickenson
Jul 24, 20232 min read


HOT HOT HOT!
As you all know, I like to keep posts coming on a roughly weekly basis, sometimes even more enthusiastically even than that! Here's one...

Haydn Dickenson
Jun 25, 20231 min read


BEGINNINGS
In my April newsletter, I announced a new feature for the blog, in the form of occasional articles by guest contributors. Today I am...

Haydn Dickenson
May 1, 20235 min read


THOUGHTS AND AFTERTHOUGHTS
A piece of writing which I much admire is the collection of essays, MUSICAL THOUGHTS AND AFTERTHOUGHTS, by the great pianist Alfred...

Haydn Dickenson
Mar 22, 20233 min read


ANY REQUESTS?
Firstly, thank you all for your support both new and ongoing, which means a lot to me. I apologise for the relative lack of posts...

Haydn Dickenson
Feb 13, 20231 min read


ABSTRACT ART AND DOODLING
I am celebrating a small Blog Milestone this evening – my twentieth post since I first set virtual pen to virtual paper in August last...

Haydn Dickenson
Feb 5, 20232 min read


SCRATCHING THE SURFACE
It is always nice to have one's words endorsed, even in retrospect! In previous articles, I have written of my firm and independent...

Haydn Dickenson
Jan 25, 20233 min read


SMALL BUT PERFECTLY FORMED?
What is the origin of this phrase that trips so lightly off the tongue? I associate it most closely with Pamela Stephenson's...

Haydn Dickenson
Nov 16, 20222 min read


AND I QUOTE...
Back in the mid 1980's, I used to drink with the brilliant cartoonist and commercial artist Willem Van Beek (the Flying Dutchman as we...

Haydn Dickenson
Nov 2, 20223 min read


EXPLORATIONS, FORAYS AND FOLLIES
I've been silent on this blog for a few weeks, but very active in the studio. My agent and I have been in regular contact, despite him...

Haydn Dickenson
Oct 20, 20223 min read


ABSTRACT ART AND THE NATURAL WORLD
WIEDERHOLUNG - Haydn Dickenson 2021 “ The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I...

Haydn Dickenson
Sep 2, 20221 min read
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