The Piece Hall, Halifax Why is it that people take it as an invitation to strike up a conversation with strangers when they see someone drawing? There’s no other human activity that seems to do this in quite the same way: It would be seen as absurd, and rightly so, to approach someone working on […]
Kirkgate Market (c) Tim Gomersall 2022 From the 9th to the 11th of September, a group of artists descended on my home town of Leeds for the 2022 Urban Sketchers UK meetup. It is actually quite a rare thing for me to get out painting with other artists, so it was a real pleasure to […]
He Wears a Blue Bonnet (c) Tim Gomersall 2022 I think one of the worst things an artist can hear is that their work looks just like a photograph. If you think about it, what this is saying is that you are maybe, almost, just about as good at representing “reality” as the little box […]
Feather © Tim Gomersall, 2022 Growing up in the 1980s as a child of the North, I had the impression that cities were just… really… grey. The Leeds of the 1980s was dominated by nondescript boxy buildings, a skyline pierced by high-rises and cranes. A not-so-fine layer of soot and grime clung to everything, a […]
“Hangers” © Tim Gomersall, 2022 I heard once that an artist is someone who goes to a place nobody has been before, and brings back a picture. It’s something like this I was hoping to do by going on a journey to Glasgow School of Art last week. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not saying […]
As an artist in the early days of developing my practice, I’m always looking to connect with others who share a love of art. It’s hard to stand out and get found by people who might enjoy your own work in an increasingly crowded field of talent: I am always amazed at just how many […]
