I was recently sent a family photo that unfortunately brought flooding back some memories of a traumatic period in my life. The era was...

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...

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

First of all, a belated Happy New Year to all my followers. Belated, it is, because ever since New Year I have had a string of colds...

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...

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...

Today I am delighted to welcome to my column the second of my Guest Writers, Petra Teršlová, from Kladno, in the Czech Republic. I first...

The great English abstractionist Howard Hodgkin passed away in 2017. Had he lived, he would have been 91 on 6th August this year. Apart...

No, not me – I passed the half-century a long time ago, but this blog; in a few posts' time we'll have reached 50 together! Thank you all...

I am not known, usually, for blowing it – my own trumpet, that is! Today though, I decided to do so in a gentle way, perhaps a little...

Each time I paint, I am conscious of how the act, the process, the sensations and the outcome are never the same. Recently I have been...

I have just returned from a short holiday in one of my favourite places on earth, the Languedoc mountains in Southern France, where I...

I have been strongly advised to write about AI (Artificial Intelligence) Art. I have so far resisted, because the subject fills me with...

You'll not be surprised to learn that one of my favourite haunts is the Tate Modern on Bankside in London. With so many incredible...