Well what now? I have the 50 paintings I sold to deliver or send or to arrange to have collected – fairly time consuming. And then later this afternoon I am taking six paintings to my local coffee shop – the Coffee Plant in Portobello Road. They are going to hang them on the wall … Read more
I can’t believe that the exhibition which has taken up so much of my thought space for so long is finally over. It went really well – the Tabernacle is a great place to have  a show. Extremely friendly and nice staff – and a very good cafe and restaurant – so people coming to … Read more
Still time to come to my exhibition at the Tabernacle, 34-35 Powis Square, W11 2AY. I should be there from 10 until about 8pm today – Thursday 14th – and from 10 until 6pm Friday 15th and from 10 until 4pm on Saturday 16th when I shall be taking it down – and maybe selling … Read more
I was asked to paint a Christmas card (see below) in aid of the Westminster Lourdes pilgrimage. The cards, which are A5 size will be available in packs of 10 for £5.50. My friend Paul Stewart had an exhibition at the Tabernacle last week. He sold over 50 paintings – a triumph.
At the moment I am spending Tuesdays drawing in the National Gallery – a course run by the Princes Drawing School. Last Tuesday I sat in front of paintings by Rogier van der Weyden, Hans Memling and a painting attributed to Durer. This is my rendition of Rogier van der Weyden’s The Magdalen Reading – … Read more
You can now see most of the pictures that are going to be in the exhibition on flickr … Also on Flickr are the originals of the Angel Calendar I have done for 2014. To see my paintings on flickr click here
I have done the flier for my exhibition – suddenly the whole thing seems very soon. I’m waiting for cards from the printer … Â The next thing to do is to photograph all the pictures that are going in the exhibition and post them onto Flickr.
I would like more people to read my friend, the writer Adrienne Kennedy‘s blog. Â She and I met in New York (where she still lives) in 1969. She has taught writing at colleges all over the US and her voice deserves to be more widely heard. Adrienne has had a blog since 2011 and she … Read more
Sod’s law – but flattering nonetheless … I have been asked to submit 6 pictures to an exhibition in aid of the hospice at St John and St Elizabeth’s Hospital. The date? The week of November 11th – 19th – Â the same week as my own exhibition at the Tabernacle. Â Talk about London buses coming … Read more
Georgia: Visit a woman who has various businesses – which include knitting socks which she dyes using vegetable dyes she has brewed and making lethal alcohol flavoured with honey. Her cellar is a wonderful shrine to fruit and vegetables and alcohol. The Babaneuri Strict Nature Reserve has many zelkova trees.