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Haydn Dickenson
Nov 192 min read
CHARCOAL DUST AND IMPASTO PEAKS
Last week, on November 11th 2024, the world lost Frank Auerbach, one of the greatest figurative painters of our time. He was 93. Auerbach...
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Haydn Dickenson
Apr 234 min read
ON SOME THOUGHTS OF HENRY MOORE AND OTHERS AND A FASCINATING AUSTRIAN ARTIST.
First of all, today's post is the 'weighty eighty' – the eightieth post in this column since its inception twenty months ago. For this...
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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
Mar 22, 20233 min read
THOUGHTS AND AFTERTHOUGHTS
A piece of writing which I much admire is the collection of essays, MUSICAL THOUGHTS AND AFTERTHOUGHTS, by the great pianist Alfred...
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Haydn Dickenson
Mar 9, 20232 min read
BEING TRUE TO ONESELF IN ART
In a beautiful 1997 interview, David Bowie spoke eloquently about being true to oneself as an artist. “Never work for other people”, he...
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Haydn Dickenson
Jan 25, 20233 min read
SCRATCHING THE SURFACE
It is always nice to have one's words endorsed, even in retrospect! In previous articles, I have written of my firm and independent...
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