Screenshot from Yogesh Patel’s new poetry film, Dumah The Demands of the Art of Making a Poetry Film Using AI by Yogesh Patel “Thunderbirds are go,” I command myself when the creative current hits. It’s an almost primeval surge—the familiar, heady rush of a launch sequence. Just like the nostalgic…
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MEETING BING SHI
Portrait of Bing Shi by Andy Hall by Paul Halas For all its many faults social media sometimes provides us with gems, and the paintings of artist Bing Shi have for us been one of the highlights on Facebook this year. Working in oils, with bold, sweeping brushstrokes that fail…
OSCAR: THE SECOND COMING
The cover of Oscar: The Second Coming by Dan Pearce Dan Pearce’s Tale of Oscar Wilde Transported to the 21st century by Paul Halas What would Oscar Wilde make of modern day Britain? And what would modern day Britain make of a latter day Oscar Wilde? In this beautifully illustrated…
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Depression: episode 31
By Dan Pearce Dan Pearce has done editorial work for many magazines and newspapers including New Society, Honey, 19, Oz, The Observer, The Times and Sunday Times, Mayfair and Penthouse. Dan has created book and record covers, political cartoons, comic strips and caricatures and he has written two graphic novels: ‘Critical Mess’ (against…
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I CREATE THE STARS AS I GO
Making keepsakes with pyrography by Gill Rippingale I’ve been making Keepsakes for a number of years now, and have posted pictures of various pieces on my blog, on Instagram, Etsy, Pinterest, and on my Facebook page, Hug-the-Tree Pyrography, together with descriptions, but of course the information can get buried quickly!…
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OF THE EARTH
by Thomas Gilbert Life’s fortunes take us down a trailThrough fog and wind and rain and hailBut sometimes sun and warmth and peacecome by to help us find release. Jamie, do you want to go sledding at the toboggan run this afternoon? Her dad asks her. Oh, yes. I’d love…
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Gill Rippingale’s Forest of Dreams
I utterly need Green around me! I am experiencing a kind of lack of it at the moment, as I moved to the seaside. The sea is wonderful, but I am hankering after Forest… I’ve never been really drawn to deserts, although my eldest son really wants to experience a desert, but he wants to go to the Atacama.
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BRITISH ARTISTS IN MEXICO
England is, as far as colours go, fairly subdued and uniform. Mexico is the opposite by Simon Brewster Although I have lived and worked in Mexico for almost 40 years, my first impressions of the country are still very vivid. After landing in Mexico after a stopover in the Bahamas,…
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They drew the 20th Century
By Paul Halas Cartoons that were art. Growing up in a family that was immersed in the visual arts – chiefly in the form of animated films – it’s little wonder I had access to all kinds of books filled with the most wonderful illustrations. From children’s illustrated books, to…
Animation with a social conscience
Halas & Batchelor Cartoon Films 1940 – 1995 By Vivien Halas This year marks the 80th year since my parents, John Halas and Joy Batchelor founded Halas & Batchelor Cartoons, in its day a household name responsible for over 2000 animated films. Their best-known film Animal Farm (1954) was the…
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Eve J Hall: Two Tall Trees
Two Tall Trees, drawing by Eve J Hall (2019) . Two Tall Trees . There’s a window in the bathroom and if you stand at the bottom of the stairs you can see 2 tall trees through it. And if you walk 2 steps up you can see the leaves…
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3# Depression
Ars Notoria is pleased to present the third episode in the comic series by Dan Pearce.
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A CONVERSATION WITH PACO RODRIGUEZ
The Disney Universe is illustrated by Paco Rodríguez Interviewer: Paul Halas (with Phil Hall) Generations of children – and parents – have grown up reading the various Disney comics magazines, from the USA, to Europe, to Africa and to Asia. They’ve been a fondly-remembered part of childhood for many (for…
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A CONVERSATION WITH DAVID MELLING
From Goldilocks and the Three Crocodiles, ©David Melling Interview by Paul Halas The choice of illustrated children’s books available is dazzling, almost bewilderingly so, but for every generation of kids and parents looking for something special there are a few illustrators and writers who stand out from the crowd. Whose…
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MEETING ANDREW BIRCH
The Ascent of Man (Backbiter) ©Andrew Birch by Paul Halas . Anyone who has read Private Eye over the past few decades will be familiar with Andrew Birch’s cartoons, similarly his work has regularly appeared in The Oldie, The Guardian, The Observer, The Big Issue, The Sunday Times, The Independent……
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SKY, SEA AND VELD
Dirt Road to Hanover, Karoo © Walter Voigt 2024 WALTER VOIGT’S PAINTINGS OF SOUTH AFRICA by Paul Halas While some painters need a sense of detachment to produce their best work, others can’t but help show a sense of intimacy with their subjects. This is mainly true with artists and…
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Seán Lennon’s Rock Dreams
Martin Hayes, Seán Lennon© 2024 . . Kris Kristofferson ‘Thank you for the sadness that you saved me from the madness, baby all I’m crying now are tears of joy..’ ‘In the park I saw a daddyWith a laughin’ little girl that he was swingin’And I stopped beside a Sunday schoolAnd…
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THE RIGHTS OF MAN & FISH
An introduction to The Rights of Man and Fish by Paul Halas History is bunk, to quote Henry Ford – which, of course, ignores the wider context of what he said, but then he wanted to sell us motor cars and probably wasn’t all that interested in the truth of…
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EXHIBITION AMEN
by Zeek Fharkha Zeek Fharkha is an artist, musician, punk, with 2 masters and an honours degree. Fine arts, digital arts and an MBA. He is reading for a PhD at wits business school in Design thinking.
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DANCING TO THE BEAT OF MY ART
Detail from Pure Bliss, Tasneem Shaikh Exhibiting at the World Art Fair in 2022 and 2023 by Tasneem Shaikh My heart races unusually fast. My joy has no bounds. For the first time, I am exhibiting my paintings at a major event, at World Art Dubai (WAD). It is March…
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HAMBA KAHLE, HARRY
Harold Voigt, South African Painter 1st May 1939 – 9th October 2022 by Leigh Voigt How does one give an unbiased, honest appraisal of one’s own husband and have the gall to call it an obituary? Does one resort to clichés? Borrow words from the pens of others? No, one…
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