Planning a Painting: Edges and Padding

My first stage in planning a painting is staring at a rectangle for a while. Usually, this is in a sketch book, and then I cover it with marks. What I am doing is working out where bits of the

On Art and Ignorance IIII

To some, I will be flogging a dead horse. Some time back, @davidallengreen posted an article on Art and Exhibitions from which I took several points. I agreed with a large part of what he was saying, but it was

On Art and Ignorance III

A thing has occurred to me very late at night, regarding the post by Jack of Kent on Art and Exhibitions I should mention at this point that I agree with large lumps of what Mr Caent, really @davidallengreen says.

On Art and Ignorance: intermission

I pause here to consider that modernists and traditionalists arguing over the use of the word ‘art’ is a bit like feline tug of war. No matter who wins, the cat loses.

On Art and Ignorance II

In the last post I tried to answer one question raised by @davidallengreen in his blog post on Art and Art Exhibitions. Now, I tackle another, and what a humdinger it is. A quote from him: And in truth [an