Well, after a very enjoyable and quite successful Cambridge Open Studios in the delightful setting of All Saints Church,  “The Painted Church https://www.thepaintedchurch.co.uk/ I am filled with a enthusiasm for both the act of painting itself and communicating about it with those very many people who love it in whatsoever capacity. So, the good news

It seems to be an inevtiable fact of life that artists are dissatisfied with all the work that they produce. The problem though is that each individual artist is convinced that this dissatisfaction, so profoundly and sincerely felt by him or herself, can, on the part of others, only be self-regarding false modesty. It seems

    This isn’t actually me in my studio, but by god, I wish it were! My last post sometime ago now seems to me leave me on something of an artistic cliff-hanger and I’m sorry to report that dutifully following  convention, when you return to the action after the (overly long) commercial break I’m