The Nightstudio is a period of time after dinner when the eternal re-runs on television become too much to bear. This is the time when the visual work and theoretical thinking comes back in, leading to periods of activity and reflection. There is often a short break for bedtime stories and then quite often, Nightstudio carries on into the small hours. Some studio activity is managed in the daytime but the most fertile and productive times are these Nightstudio hours.
The idea for this drawing came about after messing around in a tutorial in 2019 with MA Tutor Paul Johnson. At the time I was working by drawing over films of my own walks and one of us joked that I could draw over a feature film, I forget who. This is the result of that throwaway joke nearly a...
Lately I have been feeling a bit like a Modernist in an Alter-Modern or Cos-Modern time- A bit old-fashioned in approach. I often think of Guston, Rothko and Mitchell and the seriousness of their work and their application. Guston's work has always fascinated and those in the know will recognise the title of his daughters excellent biography in a...
From Frith Street to the National Gallery
