May 4th  saw the passing of the prominent American artist Frank Stella. Born in Malden, Massachusetts, in 1936, this highly distinctive...

Greetings to all my followers at what really should be the beginning of Spring here in the UK – how is it in your other respective...

Firstly, apologies for the absence of activity in this column for well over a month. I have been going through some stressful times, and...

Just a short post today, about a remarkable artistic lineage which set me thinking this morning. Around 1920, Claude Monet painted a...

In 2021, I produced an oil painting entitled WITHOUT END. It represented, to a degree, a new departure from the approach I was currently...

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...

In 2019, I produced a somewhat hysterical painting, FRACTURED. FRACTURED - Haydn Dickenson (2019) Not long afterwards, I chanced upon the...

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...

Well, not me or my mind, particularly – though some might consider the title apposite! Instead, I refer to https://www.thecrazymind.com/,...

The great English abstractionist Howard Hodgkin passed away in 2017. Had he lived, he would have been 91 on 6th August this year. Apart...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This post marks the 'QUARTER-CENTURY' of blog since its inception last August! Thank you to all of you for your support. Welcome...

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...

I am celebrating a small Blog Milestone this evening – my twentieth post since I first set virtual pen to virtual paper in August last...

While painting, I am constantly reminded of the way in which the brain 'works with itself' in calling up already-created elements in...

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...