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On the trip, I popped in to see Patricia Morales. This lovely lady is probably the finest painter of Mayan pottery. My ‘daubs’ are oafish compared to her exquisite precision. The only thing in my favour is ‘it’s new’ and it has

The beach scenes are mostly from a bar off the bio reserve in Tulum.  The trees and columns from a lovely hacienda I stayed outside izmayal in the Yucatán. Not surprising some work better than others. I am calling this the "Yorkshire

Roger Penrose’s theories, particularly Conformal Cyclic Cosmology (CCC) and his work on gravitational entropy, offer intriguing parallels to the BU & WU framework. I examine here how Penrose’s ideas align with and differ from my theory, especially regarding time, energy

Artificial is the opposite of nature ladNatural is good derived from Mother EarthMum wouldn’t give you anything harmfulArtificial means it’s made by machinesMachines made by man, mind you, like meMen, who can be angry, warlike and destructive Intelligence is something all

It seems odd to create these black and white pictures on the beautiful island of Madeira. I can only think they somehow represent some of the volcanic structure! Mostly sunsets or pictures looking out to sea. I have mostly daubed and

Roll up and play the game. Or suffer everlasting shame. Was the recruiter's hearty rejoinder Over and out I heard my friends shout It’s only the toss of the king's coin Chance would have it To test your wit in this lethal heroic endeavour Believing the lie You roll the

These sketches were done using Japanese ink on cartridge paper. The location is Ithaka in the Greek islands. At the north of Ithika above the village of Stavros, there is a mountaintop village called Exoghi. Three years ago the small cafe was

I was given some Japanese ink and a matching brush. I cracked out this experimental selection. I have to say it is rather diverse. Two are live in the garden. The others are further afield .. but reflect the places

This is a loose interpretation of the olive groves behind Filatro Beach on Ithaca. It is a staging point. Pictures at this scale use a lot of pastel. So you have to temper the output. I like the depth of field on the picture

In my time in Ithaca it is difficult to compose or quite get it right…When I take the pastels and paper abroad you can never quite control the substrates so well. However, I carry on the experimentation in various sketches for