by Alan Todd | Nov 7, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
In reading about the American painter Agnes Martin, I came across one of the great axioms of abstraction. Never talk about where your idea came from and if necessary, invent a past that may or may not have existed. Certainly, never admit to health problems,...
by Alan Todd | Nov 1, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, digital art, Opinion, Painting
I think, as with many people, my sense of humour is specific. Some love physical comedy, some the profane, some the referential intellectual and others …well who knows. My preference has always been towards subtle black comedy but I never did get Monty Python or the...
by Alan Todd | Oct 27, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
The other day I saw a questionnaire regarding the problems that artists face. The idea was to nominate the three problems that were proving most irksome. Lack of sales, lack of respect and lack of recognition all got a guernsey and its hard not to disagree....
by Alan Todd | Oct 19, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
This week I finished reading Bacon’s ‘Revelations’ and part of his interviews with David Sylvester. Both give a remarkable insight into his life and work of the attist but at the same time provide a level of frustration. His subject matter was not narrative or...
by Alan Todd | Oct 9, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
When Atlantis sank beneath the waves, and I have no doubt that Plato was reporting an actual event however long after the event, it joined every other low lying or coastal civilisation lost to history. The Caribbean and the Mediterranean show plenty of evidence...
