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Snap shot of the month: Business as usual

 

 

Word of the month: Frescoes

Useful computer maintenance tips

Long read: if the rain keeps falling, this article might help

Studio news:

I'm about to start a series of biographic pictures relating to christianity which will be on display in an English Cathedral towards the end of next year. Here's an example of one I did recently with a bit of blurb below to explain the reason behind the idea.

 

 

24x18" | oil painting on canvas

Jesus' baptism

This picture is influenced by those many hours gazing at wonderful stained glass, is a colourful, modern take on a traditional subject matter. Inspired by the late 19th and early 20th Century shift from realism to abstract, as well as Demuth's 1920s poster portraits — where the sitter’s identity can be divined from various words and objects — I wanted to produce a picture which had a strong visual impact. I hope it might attract everyone, even those resistant to ‘religious’ art, to look. In looking, the viewer reads the subject matter of the baptism of Christ, whether or not they can initially identify the exact symbolism: John the Baptist’s hand, honey bee, locust, the Holy Trinity, the candle flame and the waters of baptism.

Book: 

Chetna Maroo Western Lane - shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023, you'll nip through it (and if you have ever played squash you'll love it)

Shopping tip: this eyelash searum really works

Series:

3 Body Problem - pretty interesting concept (Netflix)

Films:

May December - it's Todd Haynes (NowTV)

Poker Face - short (NowTV)