Last week, on November 11th 2024, the world lost Frank Auerbach, one of the greatest figurative painters of our time. He was 93. Auerbach...

First of all, today's post is the 'weighty eighty' – the eightieth post in this column since its inception twenty months ago. For this...

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...

A piece of writing which I much admire is the collection of essays, MUSICAL THOUGHTS AND AFTERTHOUGHTS, by the great pianist Alfred...

In a beautiful 1997 interview, David Bowie spoke eloquently about being true to oneself as an artist. “Never work for other people”, he...

It is always nice to have one's words endorsed, even in retrospect! In previous articles, I have written of my firm and independent...