…an OFF day today…another cold, another sore throat and a headache. OFF days are important to help balance the mind and body. It's often a natural physical response to having done too much.
Van Gogh, Emil Nolde, Vasily Kandinsky, all had OFF days, so I'm in good company. Then again, so did Adolph Hitler, Himmler, Goering and Goebbels, so it's best not to compare…?!
'Graham's response to landscape is contemplative. Creation becomes a challenge as every mark is considered as the aesthetic process unravels towards sublime resolution. Graham's preoccupations are undoubtedly formal, but his technique relies on more than simply a conscious arrangement of shape and colour. Graham aims to intuitively distil the essence of his visual experience in a much more unlimited way. Landscape provides the ideal motif; unrestricted by figures or buildings, an exploration is permitted which ultimately pervades pure creation.' Sally-Ann Schilling. MA History of Art, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Art Historian and former Lecturer Tate Modern, London
