“All battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be some place else” – Capt Rockwell Torrey (John Wayne), In Harm’s Way, 1965, directed by Otto PremingerRead more
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“I am a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs.” ― Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker CreekRead more
“Their threats are terrible enough, but we could bear/ All that; it is their promises that bring despair” C.S. Lewis, the first two lines of his poem “Lines during a General Election”Read more
“What’s the matter? You look like you’ve been on a hayride with Dracula.” Ruby (Patricia Farr) to Philip Raven (Alan Ladd) from THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942)Read more
Ever since I started working with Flatbed Press in Austin, Texas on several editions of etching, I’ve gotten questions from friends about the process and how a hand-pulled print differs from one created in large quantities using commercial printing techniques. This video is a helpful demonstration by the workers at Pace Prints. They are printingRead more
Thought you might want to see a detail shot of the new collage underway in the studio. I will post the entire collage once it’s completed. Read more
“…what impressed me then, and has impressed me ever since, is that atrocities are believed in or disbelieved in solely on grounds of political predilection. Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence.” George Orwell: ‘Looking back on the SpanishRead more
Why the original versions are so much better than their contemporary counterfeits
The greatest atrocity of the 20th Century took place in China
Wouldn’t it be fun to try to design one of these! Mark Brown tells about the V&A’s latest acquisition. “The Victoria & Albert Museum is the new proud owner of the country’s largest collection of peepshows, not the Madonna Open Your Heart video kind of peepshow, the paper kind that staged scenes from history, literature, landscapes,Read more
