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My Artfinder Gem – Jean-Humbert SAVOLDELLI
‘Le Baiser’ (The Kiss) by Jean-Humbert Savoldelli Like so many things in life, I happened upon the work of French artist Jean-Humbert Savoldelli by accident. One of his works appeared in the sold...
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Mud and a Meeting of Minds 1917
Mud. Thick, cloying, seeping. Consuming, filthy, blanket binding you as brothers in mud laden arms. Bath. Soap, water, scrub. Submerged, aching, wallowing purging you as brothers in trenches of...
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Thresholds and Threads
Everywhere you look there are thresholds. And I am drawn to them as a moth to light. They have become the premiere focus of my painting and writing. There are obvious thresholds like stepping from...
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Conscious Incompetence
Uncomfortable, frustrating, deflating and dispiriting all rolled into one. This is the state of conscious incompetence. And I am right bang in the middle of it. The pleasure of learning a new skill...
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PLATOON of POPPIES
“Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, And towards our distant rest began to trudge.”...
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Layers
We live our life in layers. From the moment we are born until the day we die. Laid down with each and every turn of life, hiding and protecting from hurt and disappointment. Winter arrives to...
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The Lost Art of Letter Writing
Letter writing by hand is a lost art. In an age of digital swiping, likes and emoji’s, putting pen to paper is considered so last century! But I miss it – both the writing and especially the...
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The Red Hat
Sometimes I’m asked about the stories behind my paintings. More often than not they’re personal to me and I prefer to leave the viewer to connect (or not) in their own way so that the image becomes...
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Letters and Layers
There can be few, if anyone alive who faught in the horror of those fields in Flanders during the First World War and the family threads which tie myself, like so many others to that generation grow...
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Lusitania – a life before and after the tragedy
On the 1st May 1915 Cunard’s RMS Lusitania, the fastest and most luxurious ship in the world at the time, set sail from pier 54 in New York headed to Liverpool, UK. On Friday 7th May it was...
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