British Impressionism: Alford, Martin and Pikesely
The Impressionist movement in painting is associated most with Southern climes. Painters like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne. Éduard Manet and Camille Pisarro gravitated toward Provence where they could paint outside, capturing the vibrant colours and stark contrasts of...
Autumn in Battersea at the Affordable Art Fair
Battersea is booming. Residents have only to look a the crop of cranes raised above the skyline to know that times are catching up with what was once a sleepy, leafy corner of the capital. Happily, some things remain the same. The Battersea Affordable Art Fair, in its...
Critic David Buckman on the Work of Michael Alford
“Michael Alford is one of that group of painters for whom the sensation of oil under the brush is important. His particular magic is that this joy in the handling of paint remains clearly evident in the finished picture.” David Buckman