C.S.Lawrence Art

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“WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I AM UP ALL NIGHT WRITING UNDER A WOLF MOON..” Originally: “THE HUNGER GAMES V: 5.3 + 1/2 SPOON OF YEAST.” PLAYERS pick you Avatar: Intense Artist vs. Loony Comic. In the first round we have the Read more…


The Art of Stealing

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One of the most memorable characters in English literature is the Artful Dodger from #CharlesDickens book #OliverTwist. A dictionary search defines the word artful as skilful in a clever and cunning way, as well as skilful in a tasteful way. Read more…


God’s Country (pt.1)

Loud grumbling thunder starts rolling across the heavy laden night sky. I lounge in a rattan armchair in the subdued light of a wide veranda, glass of exquisite South African wine at my elbow. The warm rain is coming down Read more…


Back to Africa

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I am having a hard time putting my thoughts down. Its like being a  shepherd without a sheepdog, trying to coral a flock of bloody minded sheep charging off in all directions. At the best of times the inside of Read more…


Art Weekend in Malta: a painter’s paradise

It's a tremendously satisfying experience to meet a group of total strangers one day and within 48 hours feel you’ve become the best of friends. And the only bonding exercise used was painting together. So it was at a recent Read more…


Go on, Get Lost!

I'm laid back; it's an Aquarian thing. I'm often told that if I was more laid back, I'd be comatose. And that's just from the friendlies! But I do have my screaming banshee moments. Usually in the confines of my Read more…


The Other Lawrence of Arabia

With requisite bush hat pulled low over my eyes to shield my face from the glaring sunlight, my trigger finger poised over the button, I scan the crowd of industrious workers bustling around me. My trained eye constantly focusing and Read more…


The Art of Wasting Time

 “Creativity is the residue of time wasted.” Albert Einstein   In a previous blog I mentioned my box fetish which goes some way towards explaining why I simply love working on my series of quirky "urban landscapes". I am often Read more…


Back to the Beginning 2: Out of Africa

I have never quite forgiven my parents for wresting me away at the tender age of 9 years from my idyllic childhood in East Africa. When I later learned that some of my #LoretoMsongari schoolmates had remained in Africa and Read more…


Urban Landscape paintings: #50shadesofgrey

I've always had a fetish about boxes. I could stock an entire cat sanctuary with the collection I've got. Ranging from carved #Indian wooden boxes from the #MiddleEast to retro biscuit tins bought at a market in #London to plastic Read more…