The artist Auguste Renoir once said that none of his paintings told a specific story. He explained that he kept things vague deliberately because he didn’t want to limit the painting’s scope, and that he wanted his viewers to come away with their own meaning, rather than have him dictate to them what they ought to think. Here is…… Continue reading How writers can learn from artists and let the reader tell the story
The art nouveau style is one I absolutely love, and if you’ve been following my blog you’ll know I’ve written a post before on this very topic. (Art nouveau, and all about antiques.) Last week the BBC began a series of programmes called Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau, and I’ve been absolutely…… Continue reading The allure of art nouveau
A few weeks ago I was listening to Grayson Perry, one of my favourite artists, deliver his Reith lectures on BBC radio.* Grayson Perry is a leading figure in the arts world. He’s known mainly for his ceramics, but I particularly love his textiles, especially the tapestries he produced for the BBC programme It’s All…… Continue reading A lesson for artists and writers: focus on the destination
Helena Fairfax 