by Alan Todd | Feb 27, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Painting, Review, Sculpture
It seems to me that we are literally painting ourselves into a corner in the name ‘political correctness.’ That is not a phrase I choose to use too often given unexpected connotations of meaning/bias/prejudice but as a generic term for what has gone wrong with the...
by Alan Todd | Feb 21, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting, Review, Sculpture
BRAVE NEW WORLD, February 2021 Adelaide Fringe Festival When The Main Gallery opened in Adelaide in November 2020, its stated aim was to provide a meeting place for artists from all walks of life and to bring the work of international artists to Adelaide. There is...
by Alan Todd | Feb 14, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting, Sculpture
Would have Van Gogh have been impressed? Hard to say. He might have raised an eyebrow in disbelief. Each day he headed off into the landscape, paint box and easel at the ready, canvas under his arm, to produce what would become the quintessence of Post-Impressionist...
by Alan Todd | Feb 9, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
In 2020 entries to art competitions outstripped all previous records. It helped that some were free in recognition of the economic woes of Covid lockdown and of course that any number were conducted online removing the need to pay transport companies to deliver and...
by Alan Todd | Feb 7, 2021 | Art, Artist, Opinion
At what point do you start and stop being an emerging artist? Many artists remain in the ‘emerging’ category all of their lives in spite of a sustained practice and sales and some never attain that status at all. One definition suggests that an emerging artist is...
