Essays

A low island viewed across calm water beneath an overcast sky, photographed from a ferry

Jul 13, 2026

The Closeness of Distance

A horizontal abstract artwork composed of vertical stripes in varying widths and tones of grey, ranging from pale silver on the left to near-black on the right

Jun 19, 2026

A Different Interface

Motion study (mixed media) from The Soul Finds Rest in Unity (2007) by Nicholas Brown

Jan 4, 2026

Composing from Within

A horizontal abstract artwork composed of vertical stripes in varying widths and tones of grey, ranging from pale silver on the left to near-black on the right

Jun 23, 2025

Composing Beyond the Screen

A pencil drawing of a shallow rectangular wooden tray viewed in perspective, containing a diagonal wooden batten and a small ball near one end, signed with initials in the lower right corner

Jun 3, 2025

The Problem of Beginning

A flat-style digital illustration of a carved Halloween jack-o-lantern with triangular eyes, a triangular nose, and a jagged grinning mouth, on a white background

Nov 11, 2023

The Point is to Be Noticed

The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb panel from the Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck: a vast crowd of robed figures converging on a central altar bearing a lamb, with a dove descending above and a Gothic city visible on the horizon

Jan 17, 2022

Sonoptics & Augmented Reality

Three white sheep standing and lying in dappled sunlight at the base of large dark curved bronze sculpture forms, on closely cropped grass

Jan 1, 2013

Drawing and the Third Dimension

Nicolas Poussin's painting Et in Arcadia Ego (c.1637–38): three male figures and a woman in classical dress gathered around a stone tomb, one man tracing an inscription with his finger

Jan 1, 2013

How to Keep a Villa in Arcadia

A wide flat coastal marsh landscape under a pale blue sky, with dried seed heads of cow parsley in the foreground and a distant low shoreline on the horizon

Jan 1, 2012

Robert Wilson's 'Walking'

A traditional Punch and Judy puppet show booth with red and white striped front, showing Mr Punch in red costume and a female puppet facing each other on the ledge, with a painted decorative arch above

Jan 1, 2008

By the Magician's Hand