It's two years almost exactly since Patty and I spent a great four days in St. Ives, Cornwall, in the southwest of the UK. Here is one of the photos I took for the magazine article we were doing while we were there: The Tate gallery built an outpost in St. Ives about twenty years ago, drawn there by St. Ives' long tradition as a colony for artists. One of those painters of a former generation who lived and worked near St. Ives was Peter Lanyon (1918-1964). The Tate St. Ives has recently mounted an exhibition of his work, and this short film from the Tate Channel is a nice introduction to one of the best British abstract artist: Subscribe to Praeterita in a reader
Artist Philip Hartigan talks about art, interviews other artists, and more