Text in painting

Nearly Perfect, 2015 Oil and alkyd on canvas over panel 70 x 60 in. #ICAartists#art#painting

Scaffold art

I took part in a discussion on ‘Identity politics, communalism and multiculturalism’ at the Secularism Conference 2017. This is something of what I said. ‘All politics is identity polit…

Ellen Bell’s work has all too often been side-lined as craft rather than art, and, indeed, the painstaking methods by which she selects, cuts, pins and pastes sometimes minutely printed words and strings of text from dictionaries, plays, and novels, requires a most artisanal skill and precision.

A selection of shots from Louise Bourgeois: The Return of the Repressed, an exhibition showcasing the psychoanalytical writings of the late French artist, alongside a selection of artworks

Whenever I post photos of my living room (like I did earlier this week here) I get lots of inquiries about the painting that hangs above our couch. So I thought I would share a little bit about the process. When it comes to art hanging on the wall in our home you might be surprised to hear that I like clean and simple lines, almost minimal but big, very big statement pieces. Since I spend a lot of time creating and teaching messy techniques full of layers and drips I think when it comes to…