I was listening to the news on the radio recently, which is something I don’t do very often. It featured an article about the a sculpture by Anish Kapoor set to produce the worlds largest piece of public art in Middlesbrough. In case you don’t know anything about it the piece is called Temenos and [...]

In my series of artists I admire I’ve chosen for the next one, Dante Gabriel Rosetti. I did say I would pick a dead artist this time! Rosetti was a poet, illustrator and painter perhaps best known for his work with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood during 1848 as one of its founding members. Together with William [...]

It’s been a while since I last posted to my blog and to break the silence I’d like to continue looking at some of my favorite artists and designers. This time its the turn of Lou Romano.

I’ve bean meaning for a while to talk about some of my favourite artists and now is as good a time as any to begin. I’ll probably come back to this subject every now and then to add more to the list. I’d like to start with a relatively unknown artist and illustrator Kit Williams. [...]

I’m a massive fan of Matthew Collings. He’s a British artist but more well known for his critiques of modern art. I first saw his series ‘This is modern art’ in 2000, it was so good he won a bafta for it. So, I was pleased to see a brief return on BBC2 in a [...]

Recently I’ve been reading Ways Of Seeing by John Berger, its a very short book containing essays on the subject of art criticism. Originally created from a TV series in 1972 it looks at contemporary opinions of the time about fine art. Its one of those books that I’ve heard of but never actually read [...]