The Hockney’s Eye exhibition at The Fitzwilliam, which I visited recently has made me think about perspective a little more. It has been acknowledged by artists and art historians alike that Brunelleschi’s vanishing point perspective is flawed. The Renaissance masters such as Masaccio, however, found this tool invaluable for their architectural drawings and their church…
Category: Painting of the Month
David Hockney and my August Painting of the Month
David Hockney has always been fascinated how perspective works and it’s relation to two dimensional representation. So my August painting of the month celebrates his contribution to modern thinking. It is inspired by my visit to the current exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. This self portrait from 2021 is hung next to Hogarth’s…
A Couple of Trips to Exeter, the Cathedral, the University and the Art Gallery.
Exeter is not a city I have visited often but we have been twice this year. Our first trip in January concentrated on the centre and the cathedral, which is a really good visit. The cathedral, originally Norman, was created in around 1400 in later gothic style. The Norman transept towers are fine examples standing…
Ludlow Castle in Shropshire – My Painting of the Month for March
Traditional landscape paintings have been missing from my blog posts for a while so I thought I might correct this by highlighting this delightful study of Ludlow Castle by Samuel Scott from around 1750. Scott (1702-1772) was a British landscape artist based in London. He is most well known for his waterscapes of the sea…
The Tree by Phillip Sutton – A Second Painting of the Month for February
Phillip Sutton RA is an artist I recently came accross at an exhibition at Sladers Yard in West Bay. Born in 1928 he studied at The Slade School of Art and has specialised in Landscapes around the world utilising an exciting colour palette. The Tree, in the Tate collection very much represents his style, and…
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