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ANGELS & DEMONS

WHY DEMONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE THIN EDGE OF THE STICK Cant really blame Dan Brown, a mediocre writer of popular fiction, for reinforcing the idea (perpetuated by western religions)  that life is a battle between good (angels) and evil Read more…


Catching The Creative Muse

YOUR MUSE IS A CAT: she’ll never come when you call her. Has this happened to you too? Scenario: I’m in good company and animatedly recounting an anecdote…and suddenly I cant remember the punch line. Annoyed, I faff about and Read more…


The Art of Not Giving a…

It all began with the rough demo below, stuffed away in a “class demos folder” which I had created several years ago in my art classes for my awesome junior artists (awesome because I TOLD them they were awesome and Read more…


Teach Your Children Well

WE know the age old adage: “Truth from the mouths of babes.” Ain’t that a fact! #nofilters. In my long career as an artist and art tutor, I think teaching art to children has been my most rewarding, and most Read more…


Revolving Doors

Over the last few years I have grown to love #Hay-on-Wye, this quirky quixotic town. My initial introduction was through attendance of the #Hay-Literary-Festival held every year in May- an exhilarating 10 day dose of mental stimulation. I soon noticed Read more…


You Callin’ Me Lazy?

FINALLY I am vindicated! Science has established that I am NOT a “lazy good-for-nothing” . I am a genetically programmed DNA hotwired Night Owl. Apparently 30% of us humans fall into this bracket. (And I wonder how many of that Read more…


2019 Retrospective of my art

Heres a collection of some of the art I produced during 2019. These include more of my faces of Africa, some portraits in a style I am developing, landscapes of Malta, semi abstract cityscapes semi abstract and my caricatures. Enjoy!


This Blog Has Been Renamed:

“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…


10 Reasons: How I became a successful artist

Information in this post has been verified by Snopes.com to be Completely Utterly Entirely True In my misspent youth (read delinquent layabout), success and I didn’t look like our paths were ever going to cross. More likely I looked set on a collision course involving many Read more…


Listening to the Voices of Dead People

DISCLAIMER: this post does not involve cruelty to animals such as bungie jumping rabbits force fed on crack. (SPOILER: Ending is ghastly.) I’m in my lifelong sanctuary, my thrill zone which I suspect even a bungie jump from some spectacular Read more…