18th February 2020
This has nothing to do with art. Its about a book I’m currently reading. (Yet, if you stretch it far enough, you might find the two are interconnected,) The central theme of the memoir has had such an impact on Read more…
25th January 2020
Islam and Western Art Exhibition at The British Museum London I walked into the exhibition hall, with its subdued intimate lighting suggesting a tomb, or a womb, and I immediately felt a strange mix of detached familiarity and nostalgic homecoming. Read more…
21st January 2020
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!
12th January 2020
“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…
10th January 2020
I think there’s a unique buzz one experiences when standing in front of paintings by an artist one admires which can’t quite be matched when viewing the same paintings online or in a publication. Its an immersive experience which takes Read more…
7th January 2020
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…
10th February 2019
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…
9th February 2019
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…
3rd February 2019
OK I’m not talking about being dunked in an olympic sized water tank tied up to my eyeballs in chains usually used to tether continental tankers. Nor am I talking about being in a creepy subterranean room, empty save for Read more…
12th January 2019
I hate January. Its a time of year when my gut instincts are to shut down and hibernate (I’m sure I’m a genetically modified squirrel) but it invariably tends to be a month that’s riddled with shit storms. (I just Read more…
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