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...
by Alan Todd | Dec 18, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, digital art, Opinion
An ex Australian Prime Minister once stated that ‘life wasn’t meant to be easy’. There was at least a hint of ‘protestant’/Catholic work ethic to this and a desire not to extend the welfare state any further. He had little to say about the Arts, unlike his...
by Alan Todd | Dec 2, 2022 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
Art and politics have always been inseparable bedfellows and every medium has taken its turn in encapsulating ideas of change, revolution, greatness and memoriality, from the permanency of sculpture and architecture to the impermanence of works on paper. Art...
