Fringe Weekly Blogs

Make art not war over art

What’s with that shirt Charlie Brown wears every day of his comic life? A yellow shirt is bad enough, but around his stomach it has a zig zag that makes him look even more chubby than he really i...

Benefits of looking back

Creating a picture is not like landscaping a garden. Unless you’re painting a picture of a garden. The imagination can compensate for all sorts of shortfalls in real life. I guess, that’s why mak...

If you think you understand reality, dream on

My new work is about the right to dream and the right to imagine. Charlie Brown wears a heart on the outside, and Snoopy understands the internal workings of it. Our friends should know the diffe...

Fart about art

Once upon a time I was a party animal. Well more of a lapdog than a wolf. I sort of fell apart when the party peaked, but I was party animal nevertheless. Then my conscience got the better of me ...

I’ll name my price

On the outside looking in is not a place I always want to be. I sometimes want to be on the inside looking out. But where is the inside and who decides? It’s not as though the gallery always has ...

Hot for green

The colour of money is not always green. But it is green in American comic books that sort of set the standard for what goes on in pop art. This was before pop art took inspiration from Japanese ...

Art tribes will hang together

Serendipity is one of the most trusted brands, um, worldwide. By its very definition, serendipity brings us closer together. There have in all probability been thousands of businesses, books and ...

Amy’s shopping list

Regarding Dobby, my all-time favorite elf from the Harry Potter movies, I thought, “right what do I have in common with Dobby that makes me see a kindred spirit when he arrives on the scene?” We’...

I still like to spend real money

Loyalty cards depress me because they are a reminder of a time when one counted coins and literally stored them in a jar under one’s bed. The plastic card is a frugal saving of sorts that really ...

When art movements die do artists go down too?

It’s a big privilege and an equally huge frustration to be named as a member of an art movement. That’s why I’m comfortable being called a Neo-Pop artist instead of just a pop artist. I’d love it...

My favorite position is deep

When artists use terms like ‘art market’ and ‘art industry’ it’s seen as undermining of the vast contribution art has made to the development of civilizations. Artists are expected to turn out th...

Somewhere under the rainbow

There was a crass joke that did the rounds in the dark ages which basically said that if God had wanted gays he would have created Adam and Steve. Well, the Steve the bigots were referring to was...

Making art for normal humans is abnormal

It’s not enough to simply say that the universe is an art gallery, when it’s actually a commercial art gallery. Everything creative is for sale. It’s kind of frustrating that ideas are luxuries f...

Playthings and Heart strings

Artists have to be good hunters — as Carson McCullers wrote, ‘the heart is a lonely hunter’ and that describes mine almost perfectly. Most of the time the point of the exercise as an artist is to...

Gear 1

My nagging drive is in 1st gear The answer to the question of whether I want you to invest in my art is simple: yes and no. I don’t want to have sleepless nights worrying whether you will buy my ...