Charles Evans

Charles' gentle and humourous teaching inspires and encourages many an amateur who would otherwise see the beautiful world of art as too stuffy and unreachable. On many a miserable morning when I have woken up feeling totally bereft of inspiration Charles has flickered on my tv screen and within seconds I'm laughing and picking up my brushes and tubes of paint. Art is accessible to all, including me.

I'm not a great fan of landscape painting but Charles has got me exploring and painting them. In itself a feat worth a medal. Like Dali, Charles has made me start looking outward for ideas instead of inwards, seeing the world around me as a source for my art.

I am not going to post his art here just visit his website and see it for yourself.

So Mr. Charles Evans a huge great thank you.

Salvador Dali: Swans Reflecting Elephants

Dali is one of my favourite artists, and certainly my hero of surrealism. I was fortunate enough to be able to go to the Dali exhibition in London a couple of years back and see some of his work in original state, not being rich enough to actually own and original, who knows maybe one day.




Swans Reflecting Elephants, Salvador Dali 1937

The reason I love Dali's work is because you can see it everyday and see something different in it each time. I have a print of 'Swans Reflecting Elephants' which I have had for at least 3 years and only recently I have only just noticed the self-portrait of Dali on the left of the picture, not that I didn't know it was there just its only just jumped out of the picture so to speak.

What is it about this work I love? Well its one of the pieces that has encouraged me to look at whats going on around me and see the images that aren't really there. As an artist and writer thats a neat trick to have in your mental kit box, I think. And yes thats why I have chosen it as the first entry to my tribute blog.

So a big thank you to Salvador for opening my mind to imagination.