ART FOR ARTS SAKE

As this is an artistic blog I thought I would mention some of my favourite painters, like Brad Davis from the eighties. I remember vaguely, a painting by this chap which was to all itnents and purposes a landscape with patterned border. It was strange, but also big and bold and dare i say it over the top. The brush strokes, if I remember was big and powerful and chunky. I suppose you could say it was also flamboyant. I liked Davis because of he was adventurous, and during the eighties I was into art, to some extent. I wasnt pretentious about it, but also remember someone called Sandro Chia, an Italian, who also painted some really funny stuff, well it made me laugh, and i liked his style. Unlike someone I know i wasn't a poser.

I still like art and i like Beryl Cook, again big and over the top style like Davis and Chia. She is striking when she portrays large ladies and now that i am larger than i was i can appreciate Cook and her fatties.

David G