About Loving Art

I love art.

Okay. A little gushing perhaps; a little over the top.

Let's just say, art is very important to me.

It brings me joy; it changes how I see the world; it changes how I understand myself.

I've come to believe that art and art-making are essential parts of what it means to be human.

I created this website because I wanted to share art and my thoughts about art with other people.

In the Blog section ("actual artworks" yellow button on the contents page) you'll find reviews of artworks created by artists local to Worthing (which is where I live). Worthing has its fair share of gift shops and commercial art shops, but amongst it all, there are also exceptional artists producing marvellous work. So ...

I only review artworks I like.

I won't review anything I don't like, nor will I write negative reviews. What's the point?

No-one pays me to write anything. It's not a commercial venture.

Nothing is written at anyone's request.

Every review is of a piece which I have actually seen in the flesh, as it were.

That ought to go without saying ...

Some galleries and studios get lots of mentions.

I visit all the galleries in Worthing frequently, but I only find work I want to write about in a few. Again there is no arrangement, formal or otherwise, between myself and any galleries or artists.

In the Contents section

I've included lots of short articles which I think help people get a little deeper into their understanding of art.

There are one or two longer pieces on topics which can't be dealt with in 300 words

I think they help to give a better understanding of how ideas in art have ebbed and flowed over the years.

I don't write from any one particular standpoint, but most of my prejudices are only too obvious ...

In addition to being beautiful things, I see artworks as culture products which emerge from particular social contexts.

Once the artwork has left the studio, its meaning and significance are determined by those who receive it.

I believe in the absolute equality of men and women, and I hope that is obvious in my writing.