Writing

At some point in the painting process, the painting takes over and exerts its own energy. It has become something in and of itself. What… Read More »Are Paintings Alive?

Much guidance on abstract art focuses on what I call ‘the inner game of art’, that abstraction is done through internal reflection alone. That is,… Read More »Liberation through abstraction

Abstraction is a liberation from the strictures that can bind our lives as lived. Many people take art classes and when looking at what they… Read More »The violence of abstraction

Paint ‘in the moment’, simply see what would happen if…, if you did this and then that. Painting in the ‘here and now’ or ‘in… Read More »Paint in the ‘here and now’

You do not need to be able to draw to be creative. This is one of the great lies of art, that it always begins… Read More »Can’t draw?

The EDF nuclear power station in Dungeness in Kent, UK may be an exotic place to visit, but it made for an excellent exhibition space.… Read More »Elemental, an exhibition

“Hinge-point: the social media and technology revolution in the art world” Originally published in Art of England, Issue 65, 2010. Reproduced with permission. Recently, I… Read More »Hinge-point: the social media and technology revolution in the art world