by Alan Todd | Nov 19, 2022 | Art, Artist, Opinion, Painting
In the early 1700s, Art in the hands of a painter and interior designer such as the Belgian painter Watteau or the French painter Fragonard became ‘visions of a life divorced from hardship….a dream-life of picnics in fairy parks where it never rains….where...
by Alan Todd | Oct 10, 2022 | Artist, Artwork, Opinion
I’ve gone through life as an artist believing that there is a higher purpose to Art – something over and above mere existence. I’m not talking about religious revelation, metaphysics or existentialism but that intangible, immeasurable quality where paint or any other...
by Alan Todd | Aug 26, 2022 | Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
Federico Garcia-Lorca wrote that ‘at the heart of all great art is an essential melancholy’. Melancholy ……….a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause. He was writing as a poet, but any number of blues musicians would probably agree...
by Alan Todd | Nov 19, 2021 | Art, Artist, Artwork, Opinion, Painting
In the early 70s musicians Georgie Fame and Alan Price came together to produce an album entitled the Price of Fame. For five minutes they were well known, failed to destroy any hotel rooms and made the papers for all the right reasons. The music was less than...
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,...
