Planet Paul
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Category: interview
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I’m obsessed with the detail of landscape. I love quiet corners that, while not usually recognisable vistas, still resonate with viewers who have the sense that they have been to and enjoyed that exact spot. In a way, I’m trying to paint the idea of a place rather than replicating a particular scene. I find…
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I don’t know how Peter Boyd Maclean isn’t more famous than he is. It’s one of those Arthur C. Clarke Mysteries. You know the kind where the big question being asked is: how the fuck doesn’t everyone know about this guy? That is, in other words, how the fuck don’t the majority of people know…
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Malcolm Ashman is known for his work as a landscape artist and for his portrait paintings. His landscape pictures encapsulate the beauty and shimmering magic of the countryside, while his portrait paintings reveal the character of the subject. Ashman also works in several different media to communicate his ideas with an audience. He is a…
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I’m a writer and a broadcaster. I’ve done the same thing since I was about twenty-one or twenty-two. I started out writing short stories and knew that’s what I wanted to do. I also knew that I wouldn’t be able to make a living out of it so I had to get a job. I got…
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“The actual making of a painting is not spectator sport,” says Brandford. “All sorts of things, instinctive things, stupid things, inexplicable things go on. They’re done for the painting to become itself – not for the amusement of others. Being watched does inhibit behaviour.”
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I didn’t set out to achieve anything specifically, I just wanted to make sure I was not captured by averageness.
Planet Paul 