by Alan Todd | Jul 13, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
It has been a long time since I considered what constitutes ‘fine art’ or even ‘art’ and I’m surprised that the debate still continues or that anyone still feels the need to define either. There has always been an exclusivity to definitions that favour an academic...
by Alan Todd | Jan 25, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion
As a working artist I’m continually faced with the need to find space to exhibit – and I’m not alone. Shortly the Adelaide Fringe will launch its 2021 program of which the visual arts section is an integral part. Last year was difficult but as with the South...
by Alan Todd | Feb 6, 2020 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Painting
I’ve been experimenting with the idea of the film strip and working in both positive and negative. A film strip in negative allows for text to sit over the top of a dense tonal base. In some ways this is preferable to large areas of white. This is part of a...
by Alan Todd | Dec 6, 2019 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting, Sculpture
Over fifty years I have worked in sculpture, drawing, photography and theatre but always saw myself as a painter. In my teenage years it was all I wanted to do but firstly my school art teacher saw little in what I was doing and decried my use of colour and then in my...
