The Art Spirit moves you
I've been re-reading The Art Spirit, by Robert Henri. My dad brought the book over from the States when he and Mum came over to visit in 2007. The copy is a brown-paged…
General Officers Of The Great War by John Singer Sargent
Some Officers Of The Great War
My notes on a John Singer Sargent painting at the National Portrait Gallery, "General Officers Of the Great War": These men are sated, satisfied, tried and true, censured and cinched,…
Brussels, Comics Capital of Europe
A couple months ago, I took my first trip to Brussels. I went there to ride in a helicopter and to write a piece on Wim Robberechts & Co., one…
Virgin and Child Painting
What can we possibly say? "Mother Mary with the Holy Child Jesus Christ" (Oil on Canvas, 1913)
Archers Manifesto
Emeric Pressburger wrote a letter to persuade Deborah Kerr to appear in "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" (1943). Thank God, he succeeded. In the letter he laid out…
Comic-Con 2005 – Ralph Bakshi / Fire and Ice (1983)
Almost famous I felt, seeing so many people I knew at last weekend's Comic-Con panels. I went straight from the sneak preview of Rob Zombie's "The Devil's Rejects", which stars…
Comic-Con 2005 – Merchandising Webcomics
"1:30-3:00, Comic-Con WebComics School 103: Making Money -- You may be widely read and much adored, but when will your webcomic start paying the bills? Bill Barnes (Unshelved) leads fellow…
Comic-Con 2005 – 10 Things I Bought
10 Things I Bought At Comic-Con1.) "Artesia #1" (Mark Smylie)2.) "Autobiography of an Artist" (Charles R. Knight, w/intro by William Stout, foreward by Ray Bradbury & Ray Harryhausen)3.) "Bear #5"…
Comic-Con 2005 – 10 Artists
This week it will be all Comic-Con all the time.Beware. I am unlikely to go on at length about the sneak preview of the "Doom" movie (but Lorenzo di Bonaventura…