Now that artist Graham Ovenden has finally been convicted of indecency against young girls, will more be made of the fact that Lord McAlpine, who has been collecting libel money from various sources, owns what most people would regard as pornographic paintings…
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Graham Ovenden
Tagged with: Art, Graham Ovenden, Indecency conviction, Lord Mcalpine, Paedophile
Posted in Art, News, WTF
Posted in Art, News, WTF
John Virtue
Just found out that John Virtue….an artist of some repute, was born here in my home town of Accrington. Born in 1947, he specialises in monochrome landscapes. He is honorary Professor of Fine Art at the University of Plymouth, and from…
Tagged with: Accrington, Green Haworth, John Virtue, Lancashire, London, Monochrome, Samuel Palmer, Video
Posted in Art, Local, Video
Posted in Art, Local, Video
Recycling Text
I came across this interesting article yesterday. Secret Lives of Readers It deals mainly with the habits of readers. The what, how and where of readers from the past. It also looks into what was done with the printed word afterwards.…
Tagged with: Books, Brian Dettmer, Charity shop, E-book, Fish & chips, magazines, Newspaper, Papier-mâché, Recycling, Second-hand bookshops, Toilet paper
Posted in Art, Books, Interesting, Memories
Posted in Art, Books, Interesting, Memories
Brian Dettmer – Book Art
Some amazing stuff by Brian Dettmer. Book sculpture – absolutely fantastic things done with old books. The detail is unbelievable. Only trouble is, it’s not like paintings in that you could buy a copy, more’s the pity. Would have to…
Accrington Pals Painting
Found this on Deviant Art. It’s by a former local artist called Stephen Warnes, (now based in Cumbria) who goes by the name of Espiritoart on the site. Obviously of interest to me being from Accrington myself. Some more of his…
Tagged with: Accrington Pals, Art, Art1, Deviant Art, Espiritoart, Stephen Warnes
Posted in Art, Local
Posted in Art, Local
Morgan Penn
Was doing one of my random searches and came across some paintings by an English artist called Morgan Penn. I think they are really rather good. Especially like “The Critics”. Morgan Penn Morgan Penn Art Morgan Penn on Deviant Art…
Nature Forging A Baby
A rather dark picture, not what it originally seems apparently. See here
