The spareness of this portrait, unfinished yet complete, struck me by its beauty. Titled Black Draftee (James Hunter) and painted in 1965, I wondered why it was never finished. Did he go off to war, never to return? Or was it too painful to continue? After a bit of research I learnt that he only […]
Alice Neel at The Barbican
Günther Förg at Hauser & Wirth London.
Tupfenbilder, a solo show of work by Günther Förg at Hauser & Wirth on Savile Row, contains some absolutely towering paintings. I wasn’t familiar with his work and can’t say I’m a fan of everything he’s done but found that these late paintings (from 2007 – he died in 2013) exude a vibrant, often joyful […]
A visit to North London Framing
Getting artwork framed is a regular subject for discussion amongst artists. Yes, of course there are good ready-made frames on the market but they cater for the everyday. As a professional artist I collaborate with other experts to present my work in the best possible way and to protect it for a very long time. […]
April Contemporary at London Art Fair
My visit to the London Art Fair was brief this year as my energy levels are still low but I was so pleased to have made it. One of the highlights for me was Encounters, a section of small and new galleries. April Contemporary , one of these, presented YOU ARE HERE 510’30 36″ N […]
Nigel Cooke at PACE London
Visiting Nigel Cooke’s recent solo show at PACE London was something of a surprise – I don’t know what I had expected but it was different to what I’d thought. It’s the contrast between what we see on a screen and the reality in the flesh. The brushstrokes in his oil paintings were more textured […]
Cezanne at Tate Modern
The thing about blockbuster shows is that you’re under pressure to take everything in while being crowded on all sides. It therefore took a second, more relaxed, visit to the large Cezanne exhibition at Tate Modern for me to really see the work properly. People rave about his still lives and landscapes but some of […]