Comments

The following comments were said to me, friends or overheard during the opening of my Paris exhibition last year. I hope you'll enjoy reading them here - and hope those that made the comments won't mind that I've quoted them. I have hidden their identities so as not to cause embarrassment.

I have shown them here with pictures which are roughly applicable to the comments made.

Comments in Galleries

  • Paris Exhibition, 2006

    Paris Exhibition, 2006

    Bravo!’ (C d’A)
  • Les tableaux sont magnifiques!’ (YD)
  • I can understand that you are conveying a serious message. (JK)
  • Very moving experience. Visit was one of the best for having contemporary art in Paris. (DW)
  • Fast Flowing

    Fast Flowing

    Merci á l’artiste pour sa couleur incandescante. (AH)
  • ‘It reminds me of that French artist. What’s his name? Oh, I know; Monet.’ (KP)






  • Paris Exhibition, 2006

    Paris Exhibition, 2006

    ‘Lovely expo. I came on recommendation and adored it.’ (ER)









 

Client's comments

  • Green Study IV

    Green Study IV

    I am very pleased with the 'Green study IV' that you painted for my surgery in Cadnam. It creates just the modern effect that I wanted and makes a nice talking point with my patients. Everyone sees something different in it, but I always see the same thing - which is champagne exploding from a bottle of bubbly - a happy feeling to greet me each day as I start work! I have seen attempts to create the same effect by other artists but they cannot get the 3D effect that you have created with the layering and varnish finish. (HN)
  • Green Sky - detail

    Green Sky - detail

    The painting I purchased from Brian, never fails to "gladden my heart" when I look at it. It appears so simple, but on closer scrutiny it becomes clear that it is not. Each colour of pigment merges with its neighbour in beautiful harmony, and it is virtually impossible to tell when yellow becomes green and green turns into blue. Mine is a painting of great tranquility and I love it. (MM)
  • Aira Force - detail

    Aira Force - detail

    I love the vibrancy, the vitality, the colour, the depth, the movement, and the fact that I can't stop looking at the painting that I bought, and every time I do look I see it differently, a new depth, a new colour, a new light. It also goes very well in my kitchen! (NG)
  • Scorched Earth

    Scorched Earth

    Redrise Furze Evening

    Redrise Furze Evening

    The paintings are hung on the top hall landing, so you cannot help but look at them before you go downstairs. I really love seeing them first thing in the morning; they make me feel happy. The colours and textures are amazing, vibrant and warm. I love the way they change with the light. (NB)
  • They are the crown jewels of the house. You come up the stairs and you feel lifted by their dramatic presence. (AB)
  • The paintings have really grown on me. They do not fail to get admiring glances from visitors to the house. (RB)
  • Sky Three

    Sky Three

    Sky Two

    Sky Two

    Sky One

    Sky One

    I also have three small painting called Skies. These are free standing. Again the colours are fantastic. They make you feel you are on holiday. Everybody in the house changes their colour sequence, so they are great fun. (NB)



  • Late Poles - detail

    Late Poles - detail

    ‘I love it. I don’t know what my daughter will think.’
    (Next day) ‘My daughter loves it.’ (K)
  • I love it. The trouble is I have had to take down all my other paintings. (Several people)
  • I’ve got the bug. I just want to buy more. (KJ)
  • I see something different in it every day.
  • ‘Whose painting is it, mine or my wife’s?’
    ‘Er…both. Why do you ask?’
    ‘I want to know who gets it if we divorce.’ (PC)
  • Blue Relief – Hardraw Force, Cumbria

    Blue Relief –
    Hardraw Force, Cumbria

    It’s in the bedroom and the first thing I see when I wake up. It sets me up for the day.
  • ‘I want an unfinished painting.’
    ‘Why?’
    ‘Because when you’re dead everybody will have your finished paintings but I shall be the only one with an unfinished one.’ (He chose a rejected painting and asked me to sign it. Later he returned and bought four [finished] paintings.) (OP)
  • Your waterfall is better than the one by Turner.’ (Referring to Blue Relief – Hardraw Force, Cumbria). (PC)





  • Alizarin Strike

    Alizarin Strike

    I love the vibrant colours. The texture echoes the forest and countryside. (SH)
  • Alizarin Strike is incredibly powerful – a flash of violent colour in a rich blackness.’ (ST)
  • Joy Two

    Joy Two

    Joy One

    Joy One

    I love my two small paintings. (Joy One and Two) Rich swirls of colour and texture and subtle use of gold leaf and bronze. (ST)