David Lynch – Paris Windows

David Lynch Galeries Lafayette Paris

I wish I had known about these windows when they were on display, I would have made a special trip to see them. Film director David Lynch, has been working hard as an artist for many years. In the late 80’s/early 90’s I saw an exhibition of his paintings [...]

Tim Burton: Modern Painters

An article on Tim Burton appears in November ‘Modern Painters’ magazine. You can get the entire magazine in digital format or you can read the Tim Burton article online at Artinfo.

Frieze: Life in Film

Frieze Magazine runs an ongoing series asking artists and filmmakers to list the movies that have influenced their practice. Below is an excerpt from Peter Doig’s segment:

“A lot of people have assumed my paintings are influenced by or based on films, but it’s not that literal. I’ve directly referenced only one film still in my [...]

Shadows, cinema and the art of noir.

Hitchcock’s ‘Shadow of Doubt’

Why do shadows recur so often in my writing, photos and paintings? Not wanting to delve too far into my own psyche, I can only say that I was undoubtedly impressed as a child by film noir (especially Bogart films such as The Maltese Falcon, Key Largo) and Hitchcock films, and [...]