Haydn DickensonNov 192 min readCHARCOAL DUST AND IMPASTO PEAKSLast week, on November 11th 2024, the world lost Frank Auerbach, one of the greatest figurative painters of our time. He was 93. Auerbach...
Haydn DickensonApr 234 min readON 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 DickensonMay 10, 20232 min readSTAGES AND CHANGESEach 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...
Haydn DickensonMar 22, 20233 min readTHOUGHTS AND AFTERTHOUGHTSA piece of writing which I much admire is the collection of essays, MUSICAL THOUGHTS AND AFTERTHOUGHTS, by the great pianist Alfred...
Haydn DickensonMar 9, 20232 min readBEING TRUE TO ONESELF IN ARTIn a beautiful 1997 interview, David Bowie spoke eloquently about being true to oneself as an artist. “Never work for other people”, he...
Haydn DickensonJan 25, 20233 min readSCRATCHING THE SURFACEIt is always nice to have one's words endorsed, even in retrospect! In previous articles, I have written of my firm and independent...