Dear friends, I am in Desenzano in northern Italy on the Lake Garda doing work for a proposed exhibition in the city of Antibes for 2019. I’ll be here for a month. The late season is calm with few tourists, warm in the day and chilly at night. I am in a country house and
Dear Friends, I think it is worthwhile to talk about one of the artists who has influenced many people in the western world, Leonardo da Vinci. Major museums are celebrating 500 years since his death. There is a notable exhibit in London: A Life in Drawing currently at The Queens Gallery, Buckingham Palace. I have been doing some copies
Dear Friends, I was privileged to able to see the Biennale of Venice this year. We all expect something from Venice: romance, Old Masters at the Academia, fog, crowds with selfie sticks, great food, cruise ships, no cars and lots of water. Once again the city never disappoints. I understood several themes in the contemporary