I came across these incredible photos in a book I found by chance while in Florence. Men climbing up the sheer face of marble cliffs on shaky looking, makeshift ladders. Massive blocks of freshly cut marble dropped on to quavering lorries as if they were sugar cubes stacked...
I am staying near Pietrasanta, a town that lives and breathes sculpture. Michelangelo came to “tame” the local mountains and extract their superior quality marble. The place has been a hub for sculptors and artists ever since. Its international reputation continued to draw the likes of...
I am always working on several canvases at the same time so there is a lot of movement between them. One motif in particular seems to be wandering through the studio at the moment. I took a few shots of...
Having fun with these small studies at the moment. They are done on a batch of linen covered boards my friend made as part of a study of medieval painting techniques. They really soak in the oil paint, it almost feels like painting a...
