Blog Archive
Invitation to Pull Up A (virtual) Chair with Anne Langford
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery You get to know the place where you were born and brought up, don't you? You know what you like and what you don't like. And have a picture in your mind about what that place is like. But it's not often you get the chance to see that place...
Richard Jeferies: Creating artistic communities
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery Those of you that know me know that I'm a big champion of community art. But Richard Jeferies, the artist featured in this blog, has 'community' running through him like a stick of rock, which is apt because he does live beside the...
Emma Hill: Paintings to dream into
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery I first met Emma when the four winners of the #LibertyOpenCall met up at Liberty HQ in London to work on our fabric designs with the Liberty design team. We had a great lunch together and a pint afterwards, and then went our separate ways....
Karen Glykys: An Accidental Artist
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery It's amazing what a word of encouragement can do. I met Karen a few years ago at a MUD event. She had just started painting and told me she was interested in exhibiting and I told her to just have a go. I didn't know at the time, but...
Dick Want: Cloud-walker
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery Meet Dick Want - artist, sculptor, engineer and craftsman. I've known Dick's work for a good few years now and have been lucky enough to exhibit alongside him at two group exhibitions in Kent. Here he is talking about his art. Enjoy....
Ella Guru: Ambiguity, theatre and disguise
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery Over the last couple of months my blog has focused on the Stuckists. So far there have been two posts. The first looks at the history of the Stuckists. The second features the art of founder Stuckist, Joe Machine This third and...
Van Doodles Colouring Book ready for pre-order
A quick interim blog-ette to let you know that the Van Doodles Colouring Book is now ready to pre-order online. I expect to be able to start posting them out next week. Just follow this link to my galley where all is explained, you can see some sample pages and order...