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Haydn Dickenson
Sep 82 min read
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
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
Jan 163 min read
ART IS ALL ONE: NEW YEAR THOUGHTS
First of all, a belated Happy New Year to all my followers. Belated, it is, because ever since New Year I have had a string of colds...
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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
Oct 21, 20231 min read
THE CENTRE IS EVERYWHERE
With a nod to Blaise Pascal, I would like to introduce today my new painting, THE CENTRE IS EVERYWHERE. This 40 x 40 cm oil painting...
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Haydn Dickenson
Sep 24, 20234 min read
BALANCING TWO CAREERS.
Today I am delighted to welcome to my column the second of my Guest Writers, Petra Teršlová, from Kladno, in the Czech Republic. I first...
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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 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 4, 20232 min read
MY OWN TRUMPET
I am not known, usually, for blowing it – my own trumpet, that is! Today though, I decided to do so in a gentle way, perhaps a little...
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Haydn Dickenson
May 10, 20232 min read
STAGES AND CHANGES
Each time I paint, I am conscious of how the act, the process, the sensations and the outcome are never the same. Recently I have been...
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Haydn Dickenson
Apr 12, 20233 min read
ART AND 'TERROIR'
I have just returned from a short holiday in one of my favourite places on earth, the Languedoc mountains in Southern France, where I...
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Haydn Dickenson
Mar 26, 20231 min read
AI ART - MY INTERNAL HORROR
I have been strongly advised to write about AI (Artificial Intelligence) Art. I have so far resisted, because the subject fills me with...
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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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