Firstly, you are reading the 100th article to flutter down from the windows of 'Artfully Abstracted Towers' – any bottles of Champagne...

Just a quick 'touch-base' today. For those of you who do not yet know, at Lambdens Brasserie-Gallery in Woburn, Bedfordshire, there is a...

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

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...

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...

The British artist Tracey Emin has always been a polarising figure. It is not my intention to offer any kind of general critique on...

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...

Many years ago, during a particularly difficult time in my life, I embarked on a course of hypnotherapy. I remember my therapist, when...

Bridget Riley, now 92 years of age and a doyenne of the British Op Art (Optical Art) movement, has stated: “My work is completed by the...

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...

In 1929, René Magritte painted his iconic and justly famous painting, THE TREACHERY OF IMAGES, in which he depicts a beautifully executed...

“This is one of those paintings that I would see in an exhibition that would make me stop and look. Not because it hit me between the...

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...