I am back in Ireland, still busy absorbing and processing glimpses, impressions and ideas. We spent quite a few days going through France on the way there and back, getting lost, being slow. I came across this scrapyard when I was looking for someone to...
I am stopping in Germany for a few days on my way north. I have been to Munich a good few times and I always try to see some art when I am here. There are so many...
Recently, I have been thinking about incorporating some text into paintings. I used to do it a lot years ago. I thought I might try it again but could not...
Not that anyone needs an excuse to go to Italy but I did feel that it was my newly discovered fascination with the Sienese painter Sassetta that lured me back this time. I first discovered his work in the National Gallery in London and was instantly smitten by...
It’s raining ropes as they say here. Lashing I would call it. Which is no big deal to this Irishman but the poor Italians are in a fit of depression. Their rainiest summer in nearly 100 years. Tuscany in this...
