Urban composition, Belfast...

Field notes, late August.

The field, mid- August, am and pm...

Weekend notes from the field...

Today is the 135th anniversary of Van Gogh's death. He has long remained my painter's touchstone. Some more notes from another field...

'Figures by a Water Tank', oil on canvas, 2025

Notes from another field #2...

Notes from another field.

Field notes, late July.

Field notes, early July.

Field notes, late Spring.

Hedgerow report, Spring no.1

Field notes. Spring no.4

Field notes, Spring, no.3

Field notes, Spring no.2

Three weeks of a work in progress...

Zona | Mark McGreevy at Ulster University Art Gallery

Mark McGreevy: Zona showcases a compelling new series of drawings and paintings created over the past five years, reflecting the artist's fascination with sentient landscapes as a repository for materials and
visualartists.ie/events/zona-...

Do art debates like this even take place anymore? I mean on the level of argument and interrogation. The extraordinary recordings by John Link, of the Mountain Lake Symposium in 1980...

City of Science: Van Gogh and the End of Nature - Michael Lobel in Conversation with Peter Groffman Elebash Recital Hall

In two days: this Wednesday, April 23 at 6:30pm, I'll be in conversation with environmental scientist Peter Groffman at
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. Very excited for this event! Free and open to the public, in-person and online; reservations required: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/city-...

Field notes, Spring, no.1

Pictures that look good enough to eat | Apollo Magazine This chronicle of iconophagy – the act of consuming an image – is an enlightening if occasionally stodgy read, writes Tim Smith-Laing

A book about the history of iconophagy – eating images – is an enlightening if occasionally stodgy read, writes Tim Smith-Laing.

If you need a pick-me-up today, definitely check out this lovely video posted by @libbyr.bsky.social of Wayne Thiebaud talking earnestly about Rosa Bonheur's majestic painting "The Horse Fair" at the Met Museum. Love how he identifies himself: "My name is Wayne Thiebaud. I'm a painter & teacher."

Looks great, I have registered for the livestream.

City of Science: Van Gogh and the End of Nature - Michael Lobel in Conversation with Peter Groffman Elebash Recital Hall

In one week, Wed. April 23 at 6:30pm, I'll be in conversation with environmental scientist Peter Groffman at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. Very excited for this event. Free and open to the public, in-person and online; reservations required www.gc.cuny.edu/events/city-...

One of the best ever painting books, by Julian Bell...the last page of What Is Painting? ends with the most intriguing statement to have been made on the subject:

For Ellen Cantor Ellen Cantor spontaneously called me on a July evening, inviting me to the Colony Room in Soho for a drink.

For Ellen Cantor hyperallergic.com/340652/for-e...
Beautiful article.

5.45pm

I read it during the first Spring of COVID-19 lockdown. I entered the mind of Mme. Bovary wandering the streets of Paris.

The beginning of a painting is a curious space - you half watch, and half think about, what is going down, whilst leaving space for the unexpected.

As Far As The Eye Can See As Far As The Eye Can See: Contemporary Painting from ABC FE McWilliam Gallery & Studio, Banbridge Group show at the F.E. McWilliam Gallery and Studio, Banbridge, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, 1 …

As Far As The Eye Can See dougalmckenzie.online/as-far-as-th...