From the monthly archives:

November 2011

Art programmes on TV: Week beginning Monday 28 Nov 2011:

November 28, 2011

Art on the telly this week. Not a lot to get excited by this week. The excellent” Art of America” series continues on BBC4 but apart from that there are only some repeats on the Sky Arts channels. Tweet

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Kevin Dixon; Impressionism

November 28, 2011
Tuscan Spring

 Kevin Doyle: Landscape art and figurative art.   Kevin Dixon paints in the tradition of impressionism . Much of his work can be categorised as landscape art but he is equally comfortable with figurative art. Born in Leeds in 1948, Kevin has ,for more than 40 years, lived in Ikley and has a studio in Nesfield. [...]

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Art programmes on TV: Week beginning Monday 21 Nov 2011:

November 21, 2011

Art on the telly this week. We haven’t put up a post on visual art programmes on TV for a few weeks – mainly because there has been little to get excited about. The focus in the art world has been on exhibitions, including the Leonardo exhibition in London. But there is one stand out [...]

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Julian Petrie: Painter & Sculptor:

November 18, 2011
Camuracin in Autumn

Julian Petrie: Landscape art. Julian Petrie has a colourful background and lives life to the full. As the son of a Russian father and Irish mother it is surprising that his favourite drink as a student was cider and he has now gravitated to wine. So no vodka or guinness fuelled art here. The cider [...]

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Garry Wilson: figurative art.

November 11, 2011

Garry Wilson: figurative art; portraits and commissions. Garry Wilson attended the  Duncan of Jordanston College of Art in Dundee and graduated with an honours degree in fine art. He lists among his many influences the drawings of: Leonardo Rodin Auerbach and Matisse. He is also strongly influenced by the paintings of: Andy Warhol The Fauvists [...]

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Francis Boag: landscape art

November 4, 2011
Summer Windyedge

Francis Boag: landscape art. You can tell from his paintings that Francis Boag was influenced by such leading pop artists as Andy Warhol and David Hockney. But the vibrancy of the colours in both his fabulous landscapes and still lives refelect the impact that Scottish colourists have had on Francis.           [...]

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