If you are a regular reader of this column, you will know a few things about me and my relationship with art. You will know that, as well...

Firstly, apologies for the absence of activity in this column for well over a month. I have been going through some stressful times, and my artistic output has been in abeyance. Life goes on however, until it doesn't, as the saying goes. I want to write today about my encounter with a masterly photographer, Mick Williamson, whose work and philosophy have resonated profoundly with my approach to painting since I met him and viewed his work for the first time just one week ago.

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

When my mother trained at art college in the 1940's and 50's, she spent an entire year studying anatomy and life-drawing. As a result of...