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Haydn Dickenson
Dec 19, 20231 min read
SHOOT!
This will probably be the last post of 2023, so may I begin by thanking you all for your support – and input – over the past year. Happy...
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Haydn Dickenson
Dec 8, 20233 min read
LANDSCAPES IN THE CLOSET.
In 2019, I produced a somewhat hysterical painting, FRACTURED. FRACTURED - Haydn Dickenson (2019) Not long afterwards, I chanced upon the...
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Haydn Dickenson
Dec 3, 20231 min read
EN ROUTE.
I am aware that it's been a while since I last posted. I have had a few worries and preoccupations. I was also laid low with persistent...
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Haydn Dickenson
Nov 2, 20231 min read
ME AND MY CRAZY MIND
Well, not me or my mind, particularly – though some might consider the title apposite! Instead, I refer to https://www.thecrazymind.com/,...
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Haydn Dickenson
Aug 26, 20232 min read
PAINTING ON THE FRAME, AND A BIRTHDAY.
The great English abstractionist Howard Hodgkin passed away in 2017. Had he lived, he would have been 91 on 6th August this year. Apart...
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Haydn Dickenson
Jul 23, 20233 min read
ART AND ALL THAT JAZZ
I am a Jazz enthusiast. As many of you know, I had a former career as a concert pianist; I no longer play concerts, though I continue to...
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Haydn Dickenson
Jul 16, 20233 min read
ANYONE FOR FRUIT?
Some of you know that I have not been in a good 'headspace' recently. I have a few issues going on at present, in addition to a physical...
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Haydn Dickenson
Jul 4, 20232 min read
EDGING TOWARDS THE FIFTY
No, not me – I passed the half-century a long time ago, but this blog; in a few posts' time we'll have reached 50 together! Thank you all...
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Haydn Dickenson
Jun 25, 20231 min read
HOT HOT HOT!
As you all know, I like to keep posts coming on a roughly weekly basis, sometimes even more enthusiastically even than that! Here's one...
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Haydn Dickenson
Mar 17, 20232 min read
DARK VERSUS LIGHT
Firstly, dear readers, you may notice a few changes in the layout of this site, as of this week. I decided to treat you all to a few...
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Haydn Dickenson
Feb 26, 20232 min read
QUARTER-CENTURY: THERE'S NO TURNING BACK
This post marks the 'QUARTER-CENTURY' of blog since its inception last August! Thank you to all of you for your support. Welcome...
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Haydn Dickenson
Feb 13, 20231 min read
ANY REQUESTS?
Firstly, thank you all for your support both new and ongoing, which means a lot to me. I apologise for the relative lack of posts...
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Haydn Dickenson
Feb 5, 20232 min read
ABSTRACT ART AND DOODLING
I am celebrating a small Blog Milestone this evening – my twentieth post since I first set virtual pen to virtual paper in August last...
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Haydn Dickenson
Feb 5, 20234 min read
ABSTRACT ART AND STRUCTURE
While painting, I am constantly reminded of the way in which the brain 'works with itself' in calling up already-created elements in...
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Haydn Dickenson
Jan 12, 20235 min read
WHY WE NEED ABSTRACT ART TODAY
Ok, I'm biased. I am an abstract artist. I do a little figurative work – I used to do a lot more – sensual nude studies, mainly to...
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Haydn Dickenson
Nov 16, 20222 min read
SMALL BUT PERFECTLY FORMED?
What is the origin of this phrase that trips so lightly off the tongue? I associate it most closely with Pamela Stephenson's...
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Haydn Dickenson
Nov 2, 20223 min read
AND I QUOTE...
Back in the mid 1980's, I used to drink with the brilliant cartoonist and commercial artist Willem Van Beek (the Flying Dutchman as we...
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Haydn Dickenson
Oct 20, 20223 min read
RECENT EXPLORATIONS
I've been silent on this blog for a few weeks, but very active in the studio. My agent and I have been in regular contact, despite him...
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Haydn Dickenson
Sep 2, 20221 min read
ABSTRACT ART AND NATURE
WIEDERHOLUNG - Haydn Dickenson 2021 “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep,...
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Haydn Dickenson
Aug 31, 20223 min read
SOME GERMAN ART, AND ABOUT CREATING THROUGH DESTROYING.
You'll not be surprised to learn that one of my favourite haunts is the Tate Modern on Bankside in London. With so many incredible...
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