Author Archives: pod1942

This will be one of two centrepieces at my forthcoming exhibition in the week after Easter when I will be mounting a themed show called ‘The Dance’. There will be around a dozen pictures exploring images of dancers, some partly abstract, some more figurative. The exhibition will be at the historic All Hallows church inContinue reading “‘The Dance’”

CHAPTER ONE The present ‘British Airways announce their flight BA 1387 to London Heathrow. Would all passengers go immediately to Gate 132 which will shortly be closing.’    It may have been the announcement that has woken me. I open my eyes and I am standing in what I assume is an airport terminal. Airport?Continue reading “Terminal Three”

This work is perhaps the most challenging of my relief work. It is called ‘The Matrix’ and is a study of how shapes can represent space. It is inspired by the reliefs of English artist Ben Nicholson who experimented with shapes. He was influenced by Post-IMpressionism and Cubism and produced his first geometric and abstractContinue reading “A study of space and time”

There was a famous artist from Kiev in Ukraine called Kazimir Malevich who was fascinated by the relationships between shapes and who in many ways one of figures who masterminded the Avant Garde in the early 20th Century. He also created an art movement called Suprematism which spead westwards from the Ukraine. He is mostContinue reading “Inspired by Ukraine”

It is a few years ago that I decided to extend my art into three dimensions. This was one of the first called Stratis Spatii, intended to take my two-dimenional abstract work in a new dimension. One of two of them have been exhibited publicly when the Liverpool School of contemporary artists (of which IContinue reading “Art in three dimensions”

This painting was completed while I was studying Fine Art at Liverpool Hope University and it dates from 2016. It is called ‘Birth, Life and Death’ and is painted with acrylics in the Art Deco style using authentic Art Deco colours. It measures 145cm x 45cm. It is the result of a collaboration between myselfContinue reading “A walk though time”

This painting dates from 2016 and is simply called ‘City’. It measures 148 cdm by 87cm and is one of my largest abstract urban paintings. It was rented out to a City firm for four years until the pandemic. It is now back at the London art dealers, IQ London, and is for sale orContinue reading “One of the City slickers”

This is Composition No.12. measuring 81cm x 48cm. It is inspired by that great Ukranian artist Kazimir Malevitch. He was an avant-garde artist and art theorist, whose pioneering work and writing had a profound influence on the development of abstract art in the 20th century. Born in Kiev to an ethnic Polish family, his conceptContinue reading “Art in the avante-garde”

These are three views of my new studio in South Liverpool. My two loves in life are writing and art. I studied Fine Art for six years at Liverpool Hope University, earning an M.A. eventually. My next exhibition will be studies of dance, something that has always fascinated me. I love the movement and symmetryContinue reading “My new studio”

Pursued by Shadows is the very first of the full-length Naomi stories and involves an international conspiracy. Get it now on Amazon: Ebook; ASIN: B0BG3FQGW8. Paperback; ASIN: B0BFW61D2S. Artist and mystic Naomi Richards has become something of a cult figure and in this story her abilities help her and Canadian friend Alex Nelson solve theContinue reading “Naomi’s thrilling debut”