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Firenze Workshop 2020
Viv and I were due to fly to Firenze tomorrow (May 3rd) for another experimental printmaking workshop with Ron Pokrasso and other American artist and friends. The terrible Corona virus has cancelled that, but Viv and I are determined to … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Art travels, Athens, drawing, drawing in ink, Florence, mixed media art, monotype, printmaking
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New Directions part 1
Let’s hear it for seaweed and bamboo! My art has been stuck and seemingly going around in circles for several years now and all my attempts to move on have left me even more frustrated. Then a few months ago … Continue reading
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Tagged art, art in Worthing, Athens, drawing in ink, experimanting with found materials, Greece, mixed media art, Paul Martin
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Greek Odyssey
For the last 2 weeks Viv and I have been staying in a room with a view of the Acropolis in Athens. From our sunny balcony above the city noise we shared the air with swifts, swallows, sparrows, blackbirds, hawks … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Art travels, Athens, Brauron, Eleusis, Greece, Open Studios, Paul Martin, Worthing Art Trail
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The Way from Eleusis 3
As an artist I have felt stuck for some time and in my previous blog I talked about the difficulties and frustrations of that state which assails most artists at stages in their lives. Losing a close family member does … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Athens, oil paintings, painting, Paul Martin, Sacred Way, Worthing, Worthing Art Trail
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The Way from Eleusis
At last! After a year of struggling with this 2×1 metre triptych I have finally brought it to a satisfactory conclusion. If you want to see the painting and more work, come to Paul and Viv’s studios at 7 Hythe … Continue reading
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Tagged art, art gallery Worthing, Athens, Greece, oil paintings, Open Studios, painting, Paul Martin, Sacred Way, Worthing Art Trail
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The Way to Eleusis 2
It is a wet and windy day and I am staring at my ongoing painting, “The Way to Eleusis,” in the fading January light. My mood is as bad as the weather yet my original inspiration came from a warm … Continue reading
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The Way to Eleusis
In April, on a sunny day, I sat amongst the spring flowers on the ancient processional way from Athens to Eleusis looking towards the great acropolis surrounded by bees, butterflies, swooping swallows and the memorials to long dead Athenians. I … Continue reading
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Tagged art, art gallery Worthing, Athens, Greece, oil paintings, Open Studios, Paul Martin, Sacred Way
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