Joan Miro – Painting of the Month

Joan Miro is the twentieth century Spanish surrealist who features in my Painting of the Month. May 1968 was an idea he painted between 1968 and 1975, late is in his life. It is a challenging view but is there to remind us of the revolutionary fervour that overtook Europe in 1968; this month 51…

The Golden Cockerel

Thought some of you out there might appreciate the new header photograph! For excitement read the reports of the semi final in 1962 in which Spurs narrowly lost to Benfica.

Oxfordshire Artweeks update

The first of my paintings are back from the framers and we are happy with the result. Open the Artweeks page

Hepworth – Artist in Society 1948-53

St Albans Town Hall, I have described in the past as the ugliest building in England. Maybe unfair but growing up and going to school there, seeing the decaying mock classical edifice on a daily basis informed my view. Can you imagine my delight now seeing it in its new form as twenty-first century Art…