Blog Archive
Joe Machine: From Marine Town to The Holy See
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery My mum was born in Chatham, Kent, in 1930. She lived there until she was about 12, when her family moved to Gravesend. At the age of 90, she remains one of the town's biggest fans. She acknowledges that Chatham is 'not what it was...
Stuckism: The birth of an international art ‘non-movement’
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery I am painter (sometimes) but I'm not really a 'joiner' so I've never considered joining the Stuckists. Being any kind of '-ist' doesn't suit me. I like being a 'me-ist'. But I come from Kent, where Stuckism originated. One of the founder...
The Genius of Henry Dagg: Holistic musician
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery I'm not from a musical family really. I played harmonica in a band when I was at college. In fact, one of my mates, Steve Firth, wanted to be in the band but didn't play an instrument, so he taught himself bass guitar. Ironically, he was...
Wendy Daws: A touching story
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery My mum has been on my mind a lot lately. She has just returned home having spent weeks in hospital and then rehab, after she fell over and broke her hip. We're now thinking through what needs to be in place for her so that she can...
The Hot Tin: Making a bid for the future
The Hot Tin Auction is Live. Click here. It was just about this time last year that I exhibited at The Hot Tin arts centre and cafe in Faversham, Kent. https://www.the-hot-tin.co.uk/ I'd just received some samples of the Liberty London fabric printed with my...
Terrible times and tall tales
Everyone loves a good story, don't they? Those who know me, and readers of this blog, will know that throughout the current pandemic, I've been shielding because my underlying health conditions put me in a vulnerable group. I find it hard to sit still at the best of...
Iron Pier Brewery: The Art of Brewing
Visit Duncan Grant's gallery As regular readers of this blog will know, my art has ended up in places I'd never imagined. It's been on fabrics for Liberty London, https://www.libertylondon.com/a book cover for Faber & Faber,...