Following on from my previous post about whether something has to be finished to be valuable and prompted by the comment made by Dilly about learning from trying things I was reminded of the old adage
“if at first you don’t succeed try and try again..”
I have to admit that ( too) often I have laid something [...]
My 76 year old Dad took up painting a year or so ago. This was prompted when a friend gave him a gift of one of his paintings. Now Dad goes to a painting club every week. He was tentative at the start but he has grown in confidence and one of his most recent works [...]
There is an exhibition of Joan Eardley’s work at the National Gallery for Scotland right now. My husband got tickets to a private showing and we went along last night. He has often talked fondly of a place called Catterline in the north east of Scotland where he spent many childhood holidays and Joan Eardley lived [...]
