Category: Painting

  • A list of TV programmes and films about artists

    A list of TV programmes and films about artists

    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.…

  • Art beside the seaside, beside the sea!

    Art beside the seaside, beside the sea!

    Linden Hall Studio in Deal, on the coast of Kent, is a little gem of a gallery, housing an impressive display of 20th and 21st century artists, as well as an ever changing programme of excellent temporary shows. From this Saturday (until August 17th) I will have two ‘seaside works’ (pictured above and below) included…

  • Conversations with Anthony Eyton RA

    Conversations with Anthony Eyton RA

    Photographer @saraheyton has been recording her tender conversations with her 101 year old father, painter Anthony Eyton RA, and posting them on Instagram. They are loving, uplifting, enriching and funny. Instagram at it’s best!

  • Where to see art for free in London this summer?

    Where to see art for free in London this summer?

    I ended up at Doreen Fletcher’s free exhibition of paintings at the Townhouse Gallery in Spitalfields the other day, having messaged her to ask if she knew who a man was in a photo of the exhibition on Instagram. It was someone I had been friends with on my PGCE teaching year in 1994, but had lost…

  • Creative courses for teenagers in London

    Creative courses for teenagers in London

    With Insight School of Art no longer running classes from August, parents have been asking where their children might look to extend their knowledge of art and design. The following would be good places to investigate, particularly for 14yrs plus: Barbican Young Creatives The Tate Gallery The Whitechapel Gallery The ICA Camden Art Centre The…