“The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times . . . The best moments usually occur if a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort t...

One of the things learned over the years is every artistic work should be better than the previous. An observation Sir Graham Sydney observed. A fantastic driving force. ...

A paint is best chosen for its characteristics and not for the hue. How a colour responds and its opacity, reaction to mediums, solvents and the ground is integral to the work.  Making ones own ...

Prussian Blue was created by accident in 1704. It has associations with Frankenstein, is a registered medicine and could have played a fundamental role in the origin of life. Link For the artist it...

What is it? Shellac is made from amber flakes  secreted from tiny lac insect in the Far East. It’s used for a wide range of applications including the old gramaphone records It's extensively us...

Cecil Collins was one of visionary artists following Blake and Palmer. All his life he followed a lonely path outside the modern movement in art. Yet the significance of his vision is increasingly rec...