Category Archives: art

Making Art from Money

I think it’s easy this way round. Click for my latest slide-show My first eyes shut drawing, Thailand – April 2023

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Aphrodite and Ares

Click for my new slide show APHRODITE AND ARES Since starting to draw with my eyes closed in March 2023 I have been investigating the myth of Aphrodite, Ares and Hephaestos. See Vulcan’s Net and LIW.  In the Iliad, as … Continue reading

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Love, Industry and War

Love, Industry and War A silent slideshow, drawn with the eyes closed. Part of the LIW Project: a revisiting of a myth: Venus, Vulcan her husband and Mars, her lover. Vulcan trapped them in flagrente – in a golden net.

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NATO

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War in Images, Literature and Slideshow

Much art concerns experience. What we know. But at the same time we need to express what we feel about what we hear about, or see on our screens, the hyper-real. So although we may often be advised to “write … Continue reading

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Snake Nests – drawn with the eyes closed.

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Zhong Zhiyuan – elegance in stone

The sculpture of Zhong Zhiyuan  Perhaps a trifle soft on, but there is a charismatic elegance to it nevertheless.

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Performances in the Seventies

Here is a link to performance art from the seventies in my website archive The photo above shows the core group of the Theatre of Mistakes: Fiona Templeton, Mickey Greenall, Peter Stickland, Glenys Johnson, Miranda Payne, Anthony Howell. Some of … Continue reading

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The Swing Ceremony

As a monument, this takes some beating! An annual swinging ceremony known as Triyampavai-Tripavai was held at Giant Swings of major cities until 1935, when it was abolished for safety reasons. The Giant Swing was constructed in 1784 in front … Continue reading

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Conflict with the Eyes Closed

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