Haydn Dickenson
SMALL THINGS BROUGHT TOGETHER.
Vincent Van Gogh said (maybe) “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” Whether Vincent Van penned or uttered...
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Haydn Dickenson
Sep 81 min read
IN MEMORIAM BIG MAN
A few of you know that, just over three weeks ago, my brother-in-law passed away after the sudden onset of a short but horrific...
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Haydn Dickenson
Aug 132 min read
WITH GUSTO, OR BEING CAGEY?
Some of the best quotes are never fully attributable to any one individual. Either that or their words and/or essence have been massaged...
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Haydn Dickenson
Aug 115 min read
NEW BOOTS AND PAINTINGS.
Well guys, this is now a nonagenarian site! It's taken me just under two years, but here we are on the ninetieth piece of artistic...
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Haydn Dickenson
Jun 274 min read
THE KING'S DEMONS, JESUS IN THE CLOUDS, AND LOVE HEARTS IN THE TREES
When the new, pretty striking, portrait of King Charles was unveiled, I was kept entertained for some time by searching and reading...
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Haydn Dickenson
Jun 261 min read
HELLO STRANGERS!
Hanging my head in shame, I see it has been over a month since I last posted. The past few weeks have not been easy, and I have not felt...
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Haydn Dickenson
May 253 min read
DON'T LOOK 'FOR' – LOOK PASSIVELY!
The concise and magnificent words in today's title came from the mouth of Jackson Pollock, one of the greatest, most influential and...
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Haydn Dickenson
May 62 min read
IN MEMORIAM FRANK STELLA – AND SOME THOUGHTS ON SEAN SCULLY
May 4th saw the passing of the prominent American artist Frank Stella. Born in Malden, Massachusetts, in 1936, this highly distinctive...
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Haydn Dickenson
Apr 192 min read
THE HAYDN ROOM.
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...
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Haydn Dickenson
Feb 133 min read
WITHOUT END.
In 2021, I produced an oil painting entitled WITHOUT END. It represented, to a degree, a new departure from the approach I was currently...
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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
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
Apr 2, 20234 min read
INNER AND OUTER SPACE AND OTHER THOUGHTS
Of all twentieth century artists, the American abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) arguably embodies most fully the...
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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
Aug 19, 20225 min read
THE MENTAL STATE OF ABSTRACTION
Hi! I'm Haydn, a UK-based and worldwide-selling abstract artist. If you're not familiar with me or my work, you can see it it at...
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