some of my favourite paintings happen by accident. these are a few of the boards i use to protect the floor of my workroom, to clean brushes, test colours... as soon as i start thinking of them as pictures and consciously adding to the design they no longer work. but as long as i can see them only out of the corner of my eye...
I’ve written very little here over the past few weeks because most my energy has been taken up by polar bears and the forthcoming art exhibition (of which more later).
i recently did an interview with the poet paul farley. it's in the guardian this weekend. i really do think you should read it and then go the nearest good bookshop and buy a volume or two of his poetry.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/apr/03/mark-haddon-paul-farley-conversation
it seems odd not to have written anything about polar bears over the last two week. the reason is that i've been in rehearsals, which has a been a fantastic experience, but also a tiring and time-consuming one. here's an interview from today's observer. i dislike doing interviews (it's hard having a pleasant, relaxed conversation whilst not forgetting that you're also simultaneously talking to ten thousand strangers). i don't much like reading them either. but a copying link to this is easier than writing something new.
this is rather fantastic. popular science magazine is now archived online. 137 years of it. the interface is ugly and the google reader clumsy but the content is fascinating and funny and addictive and edifying. from articles by darwin and pasteur to, well, stuff like this...
i have a solo show of artwork (painting, prints, photographs and sculptures) at the sarah wiseman gallery in oxford from 29 april to 22 may. of which, doubtless, much more later.
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