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Art is everywhere – First World War tribute
This public work of art is affixed to a wall as a tribute to those who fought and nursed in the four years of carnage that was the First World War.
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Brexit makes it more difficult to ship art to Europe
Brexit makes it much harder for British artists to ship art to Europe
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A quick painting for Hull Minster
I am currently painting a small work for an upcoming exhibition in Hull Minster. As you can see this is a small painting 12 x 16 inches, but I wanted to participate in the exhibition the Wild and the Natural at Hull Minster in the summer of 2021. The picture still needs some work but […]
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New phrase in the English language: yarn bombing
Yarn bombing – a new phrase in the English language
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Aligning ancient and modern – Philosophy of Aesthetics
Philosophy of Aesthetics – a painter’s reflections
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Russia’s artists glance back to their long history
Russian artists find their feet after the implosion of the Soviet Union
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York Minster and its beautiful medieval windows
A visit to York and its Minster as the COVID pandemic hit
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A visit to the Leonardo Exhibition in Le Louvre, Paris
Recently I had the privilege of visiting Paris to view the Leonardo Da Vinci Exhibition. This is how it went. After a pleasant rail journey from Yorkshire to Paris via London we settled into our rooms in the comfortable hotel Le Saint Gregoire near Montparnasse. We ate in Montparnasse at an Italian restaurant called Terra […]
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Paris’s gem of an art museum from an old railway station
I was recently fortunate enough to visit the fine city of Paris including the Musee d’Orsay, which is an art museum located in a former railway station. This works out much better than you might expect. The railway station used was a large old station from the nineteenth century, designed to accomodate the great steam […]