Tag: painting
Short Stories
One more spread to go on my Crab story, Nip! Nip! My very first books were only fourteen sentences long. Nip! Nip! is only 41 words long. When my first books came out, I was often told how clever I was to be able to write such short stories. I’d not thought that was supposed…
Cornelissen's
Having not painted much over the last three years, my paint brushes have fallen into disuse and become flabby and moth-eaten. I like a nice sharp point on my brushes. So I went to Cornellisen’s, off Tottenham Court Road yesterday. So nice to find somewhere that has never seen a whiff of computer graphics screens.…
Illustration
My darling wife went to the BP Portrait exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, yesterday. She brought me the catalogue home for a present. While there are many pictures that I like, there are some that I just don”t get. They are photographs that are painstakingly recreated in oil paint on canvas. Why? I want…