by Alan Todd | Feb 17, 2023 | Art, Artist, Artwork, digital art, Opinion
Considered opinion has it that a community of about 500 people who all know each other and can remember all of the individual names and histories, is ideal. This equates to the notion of the medieval village as a self-sustaining entity with common purpose....
by Alan Todd | Feb 4, 2023 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Sculpture
I was at a gallery opening this week where the speaker talked about art therapy and the value of creativity. The need to manipulate materials was innate in her opinion and she spoke with almost religious enthusiasm about the visceral nature of pushing your hands into...
by Alan Todd | Jan 28, 2023 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
Is the idea of artistic legacy merely vanity on the part of the artist or a societal need to position artists in the greater narrative? Probably both, although the needs of the market more than likely outweigh both. A signature proves that you were the one who created...
by Alan Todd | Jan 6, 2023 | Art, Artist, Opinion
Each year on the first of January I check my horoscope. Inevitably love needs a major transformative in avoidance of past mistakes, wealth is illusive and health promises challenges over the coming year. Eclipses and conjunctions suggest change. Nothing new there....
by Alan Todd | Dec 28, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
This week I saw a film of a Chinese family who make endless copies of van Gogh paintings for the likes of Wall Mart. In one scene an order for 800 copies of one of his flower paintings was being met and the discussion was about quality of brush work. What van Gogh...
