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My week in view and Drawing du Jour
Thank you all for the very positive feedback to the site launch. The launch was exciting and trepidatious in equal measure. Its great to be able to finally talk to you all. My week in view: Paul Klee at the Tate proved something of a mixed blessing. A large show...
Welcome to the new Cottingham-Art website
Welcome! Please use this site to view the work and interact with the artist. I am thrilled to be launching this new-look site and from now until Christmas will be showing a new weekly Drawing Du Jour to enjoy. Many are also available as Edition Prints, please contact...
Tracing the Soul: The Movie!
[youtube_sc url="http://youtu.be/muzYt0prMfQ"] 2012 will see the UK premier of a short film about my Dance work, titled “Tracing the Soul”. Watch here: [full]http://vimeo.com/20410356 Password: parquelage7301[full]
My week in view and Drawing du Jour
Thank you all for the very positive feedback to the site launch. The launch was exciting and trepidatious in equal measure. Its great to be able to finally talk to you all. My week in view: Paul Klee at the Tate proved something of a mixed blessing. A large show...
Welcome to the new Cottingham-Art website
Welcome! Please use this site to view the work and interact with the artist. I am thrilled to be launching this new-look site and from now until Christmas will be showing a new weekly Drawing Du Jour to enjoy. Many are also available as Edition Prints, please contact...
Tracing the Soul: The Movie!
[youtube_sc url="http://youtu.be/muzYt0prMfQ"] 2012 will see the UK premier of a short film about my Dance work, titled “Tracing the Soul”. Watch here: [full]http://vimeo.com/20410356 Password: parquelage7301[full]
Cloud Illusions : My Week in View
Away from London for a week, needing visual stimulation and inspiration. Sometimes just looking at the sky can be enough. Suffolk skies never let me down, there the sky appears more open and fast-moving and after the often overcast skies of London the effect is...
Seeing the Light : My Week in View
"Veronese: Magnificence in Renaissance Venice" at the National Gallery was indeed magnificent. The scale of paintings from that period never fails to amaze. Grandeur of theme and style overwhelms us, as was intended. I would love to try my hand at work on that scale!...
No Woman No Cry : My Week in View
So woman no cry, no, no woman no cry Oh, my little sister Don't she'd no tears No woman no cry Song titles like artwork titles can be revealing. This week I have worked with a beautiful actress on a series of Ink Drawings, titled "No Woman No Cry", whilst working we...
Civilisation : My Week in View
1969 was according to a recent book “the year everything changed”, well it certainly was an important year for me. I finally got accepted into the art school of my choice, St Martins and as the 1960’s came to an end we sat and watched the ridiculous turn into the...
Old Scissor Hands, Sense and Sensuality : My Week in View
Well "Triumph" is the only one word review possible for the Matisse Cut Outs show at Tate Modern. The sheer joie de vivre of this show will sweep all before it. By concentrating only on this late flowering of an extraordinary creative life, it has brought us as close...
Summer Meeting : My Week in View
Exhibiting as part of an Artist’s Open House event this week has been a very special experience. Meeting and talking to people who have come to see the art and the artist is something I do not take for granted. Communication is always an issue with art, which is in...