A popular feature of Chichester Cathedral is a stained glass window on the north side, designed and created by the French artist Marc Chagall. The w

David Jones Artist 1895-1974 Art for David Jones is a sacramental process – the record of interface with God. Artworks are the fragments of trac

I think that by now many of my FB friends and followers of this blog may well know that I spent a week in Palm Beach this January. I was very glad to

  Christ in the House of His Parents ('The Carpenter's Shop') 1849-50 Sir John Everett Millais, Bt 1829-1896 Combining rebellion, beauty, scientifi

Hew Locke is a sculptor and contemporary British visual artist based in london. Locke uses a wide range of media, including painting, drawing, photo

  chagall   donkey or cow, cockerel, horse, right down to the varnish on a violin; a man who sings, a lonely bird, a dancer floating with hi

One of the exciting things about travel is the discovery of new artists - Newmans effect on this tourist was electrifying - his use of primary colours

  Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, known as Willie, was born in St Andrews, Fife, on 8 June 1912. As a child she showed very early signs of creative abi

Clive Hicks-Jenkins was born in Newport in 1951 and educated in Theatre Studies at the Italia Conti School. He currently lives in mid Wales. H

  Compton Verney House  is an 18th century country mansion at Compton Verney near Kineton in Warwickshire which has been converted into the

  A misericord (sometimes named mercy seat, like the Biblical object) is a small wooden shelf on the underside of a folding seat in a church,

Oriel Ynys Môn is a museum and arts centre located in Llangefni, Ynys Môn, Wales. A two-part centre, the History Gallery provides an insight into

Moore's Figure in a Shelter 1975 finds its origins in the Helmet Head series first produced in 1939-40. By making the central figure smaller, widening

Perry Green is the name of Moore’s former estate, which includes the farmhouse home of Hoglands and garden, his studios, and less formal gardens a

I wrote earlier this week about the life of Paul Gauguin following a visit to the Tate to see Gauguin: Maker of Myth ( http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/e

Motivated by a visit to the Tate on Friday with my friends the Dwyers here a some reflections on the artist Gauguin - the first blog is some biography

Sandra Blow (14 September 1925 – 22 August 2006)    Sandra Blow was born in London,  and studied at Saint Martins School of Art from 1941 to 19