#stilllife

Beyond the Canvas

Aug 151 min read

“The Shape of Things” at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

"The Shape of Things" at Pallant House explores a genre that has the ability to unlock the hidden beauty and expressive force of everyday...

Beyond the Canvas

Feb 24, 20221 min read

Ukrainian artists: Marina Skugareva

There are moments in life when our fear is such that we scramble for ways of taming it, in the hope that this crippling fear will somehow...

Beyond the Canvas

Dec 28, 20211 min read

In Memoriam - Wayne Thiebaud: An Ode to Cake

"The whiteness of meringue becomes for me of great poetic preoccupation; it's like snow, like frost ... like ... purity.'' - Wayne...

Beyond the Canvas

May 26, 20202 min read

Musings on (online) auctions and the timelessness of Morandi's still lives

I have been to a couple of auctions in London and I thought there was something uniquely intriguing about the whole process. The...