Category: Painting

What are Studio Fridays artists working on this week?

I’d like to shine a spotlight on the fantastic work that my Studio Fridays artists have been producing recently. I asked each of them to email me an image of something they are currently working on, or have just finished, and below is what they sent to me. I think they’re great! If you would…
12 Figurative Paintings

Having just seen the brilliant Kerry James Marshall exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, I decided to put together a collection of paintings by artists who compose figures in a similar way, and often come to mind when I’m painting or teaching in the studio. I’ll add some links to things I’ve found interesting…
Line on Colour
The John Ruskin Prize

In my newsletter last week (sign up here) I included a link to my updated list of up and coming Open Competitions for artists. One of the competition deadlines coming up soon is for the John Ruskin Prize, which is in it’s 8th year. The top prize is £3000 and all of the selected works…
Gently Out of Time

In 2021 I made a photobook titled ‘Gently Out of Time’ and had just one copy printed. It contained over fifty pairs of photographs selected from the 17000 stored on my laptop and phone. Each pair of photographs were chosen because, for one reason or another, they felt like they belonged together, despite being taken…
A list of TV programmes and films about artists (Updated)

Having listened to Peter Blake being interviewed on This Cultural Life last week, I then enjoyed watching the 1962 Monitor episode, ‘Pop Goes the Easel’, directed by Ken Russell, which featuring Blake, along with Peter Phillips, Derek Boshier and Pauline Boty. I then listed of all the programmes and films about artists I could find.…
A list of artists appearing on This Cultural Life and Desert Island Discs

I’ve made the following list of ‘This Cultral Life’ and ‘Desert Island Discs’ podcast episodes that feature visual artists. I’ve thrown a few illustrators, two architects, and a photographer into the mix too. This Cultural Life: Kerry James MarshallAnselm KieferJenny SavilleFrank AuerbachAntony GormleySam Taylor-JohnsonEdmund de WaalJeremy DellerGilbert and GeorgeMartin ParrRachel WhitereadES DevlinNorman FosterMaggi HamblingTracey Emin…
Edward Burra at Tate Britain

Seeing Edward Burra at Tate Britain was one of those exhibitions that unexpectedly hits the spot. If you like quirky figurative depictions of slightly outrageous scenes from someones travels, you have until October 19th to get to enjoy it. It was also a nice surprise to see that the majority of works had been painted…
Three Galleries in Bilbao and Santander

Last month I spent a few days in Bilbao where I visited the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts. Along with their permanent collections, including the huge Richard Serra piece at the Guggenheim, there were temporary exhibitions of work by Barbara Kruger and Helen Frankenthaler at the Guggenheim and Max Ernst at the…
Recent newsletters (Updated)

I send out email newsletters most weeks to share some of the creative things I come across day to day in my world of art and art education. There are links to recent newsletters below, but if you’d like to receive them each week by email, you can sign up here. Recent newsletters (2025): 21st…