by Alan Todd | Mar 11, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork
Once upon a time between the two world wars, before there were computers, pocket calculators, 3D printers or even televisions, boys left school at fourteen and took up apprenticeships where they learned specific skills under master craftsmen. My father was no...
by Alan Todd | Mar 8, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
One of the commonest questions asked by the general public [along with ‘how long did it take to do?] is’ why does some art cost so much? Both pointless questions but part of the inexplicable myth. Price/quality and time/quality are in themselves seemingly rational...
by Alan Todd | Mar 4, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
If or when you decide to send one of your works to an art competition you would have to assume that there is a universal canon for deciding whether a work of art is good, bad or indifferent? Well, there must be. It stands to reason. Judges regularly award...
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...
