COLIN RUFFELL ARTIST [INTERVIEW]
INTERVIEW WITH COLIN RUFFELL ARTIST “I have been a full-time professional artist for over 50 years. I know … I am amazed as well. But it...
AN ARTISTS MANIFESTO
ARTISTS MANIFESTO One of the interesting things about being an artist is that some of us have produced and published a manifesto. I...
Watching paint dry.
Watching paint dry. Last Saturday I gave a demonstration of my acrylic painting technique in the huge, new, Great Art, artists supply shop i
Animals in Art.
ANIMALS AS AN ART SUBJECT. Many artists have depicted animals in their art. Myself included. In my case I have painted our black cat...
Many years later...
Many years later… These two photographs show my daughter and myself [Shyama Ruffell and Colin Ruffell] on a couple of occasions while...
That cat again.
That cat again. We have noticed that one of my most popular blogs this year was the one that I wrote about a black cat. (That Damn Cat)....
North Light in Artists' Studios
NORTH LIGHT IN ARTISTS' STUDIOS ‘North light’ means that the windows in the room face north. And this fact, here in Brighton, England,...
Art as an investment.
Art as investment by Colin Ruffell excerpt from 'Art Business Today' magazine June 2010 I had a phone call yesterday from a woman who...
Australia and Ten Pound Poms.
AUSTRALIA Ten Pound Poms. My Mum, my step-dad, my two brothers and my sister went to Australia over half a century ago for just ten UK...
BAYSWATER ROAD Herding Cats in the Sex, Drugs and Rock’n’roll Years
By request here is something about life as a young struggling artist in the swinging sixties. The sixties are known for sex, drugs, and...