My Art Collections and Art Blog
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…
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…
4th March 2018
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…
25th January 2018
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…
27th July 2016
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…
20th June 2016
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…
30th March 2016
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…
13th March 2016
“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…
18th February 2016
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…
17th February 2016
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…
