A few weeks ago, this was the disaster I was facing. Beneath this mess of gesso and paint and scribbles is another collage of a bathtub...

Sometimes you meet someone new and you can immediately see how they would have been as a kid. In fact, it’s one of my favourite internal...

For anyone who’s been to Herculaneum, Italy and seen the amazingly preserved buildings, the beautiful frescoes, grafitti on the walls,...

Here’s the thing. As an artist, you’ve got to start somewhere. Today, in Istanbul I came across an amazing juxtaposition of two artistic...

Detail: Miner, Nedim Günsür While there’s protests on the streets, water cannon and armoured riot police in back alleyways, Instanbul...

Ana, David Bullock, Lego, 2014 Waking the streets of beautiful Bath on a family outing, we stepped from the sunlit streets into the...

There’s a dazzling brightness to Dubai that is almost too much to bear – a jammed brilliance that fills every corner of your periphery....

Collage is a funny thing, you’re always appropriating someone else’s work. For me, I love cutting up and reworking high-end glossy...

“What did you do today, honey?” “Fed my art to LaserCat so he can project it on the moon.” This is the kind of conversation artists are...

It’s a big call I know but it’s true, Dark Heart at the Art Gallery of South Australia is magnificent. Sensation at the Royal Academy in...

I started this series almost on a whim. Experiences as children sharply determine who we will be as adults. As we mature, we become...

SOLD. Idolatry, Acrylic and collage on canvas, Ray Leggott 2013. Stur Gallery, Xmas Group Show, 2013. Art for art’s sake is a beautiful...

Sal, Six seconds of fame, post pop portrait This is a new beginning. Sometimes the best thing to do is just start. Put marks on paper,...

Saatchi Online is an enormous gallery that anyone in the world can step into and wander among hundreds of thousands of artworks by...

Part of the reason I create collage is because it’s cheap. I tear up old magazines to create images and use boxboard as my canvas. It’s...

Adelaide is a tricky place to get to, it’s surrounded by desert and is parked in the groin of Australia. I had to head down there for...

Crushed espresso cup, conte on cartridge paper I’ve decided to go back to school and learn to draw all over again. After spending 20...

When you think about religious art, the first thing that comes to mind for many is little baby Jesus with a golden halo. Not so, when it...

It’s nothing much to look at. A few words in a column relegated to things to do to fill in lazy Friday afternoon. But for me it was a big...

If anyone knows anything about Sidney Nolan, they know his Ned Kelly series: an Australian bushranger immortalised in enamel on...