David Walker

from Mycreativeimages - December 2021

Sue Waterhouse

The Political Artist

I could not resist including an image with a “political” slant this month, “War...the Non Nuclear Option”. I have often thought that the best way to solve problems, of any sort, is to place the leaders of the protagonists in a locked room until either one side wins or a consensus is achieved. How many lives would have been saved over the past 100 years or so if this option had been taken!

My other “political” art has been ignored in the on-line journals and even criticised by the “editors”. Why they choose to do this is beyond me…several of my exhibitions have included such subjects and have been positively received.

I will continue to produce art as I see it, political or not. That is my prerogative and I will not be browbeaten by others who clearly do not understand the real world! I am not alone in my approach…look at Banksy, Gheorghe Virtosu, Jason Bronkhorst, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Norman Rockwell, Shepard Fairey et al. My works are just a fraction of a percent as insightful and meaningful as these esteemed artists, but I will strive to achieve impactful results!

The Other Artist

As always I am happy to produce more art of a more traditional flavour, this month’s publications centre around a trip to the Black Isle in Scotland in late September this year. Scotland is a very beautiful country with plenty to entice the photographer and hence the PhotoArtist.

Scotland’s people are, in the vast majority, honest and a pleasure to meet. I was surprised at the virtual 100% take up of mask wearing to protect from Covid 19 and even more so at the adherence to the 20mph speed limit in most cities, towns, villages and hamlets. A lesson to be learned for the English? Less attractive are the “wee beasties”, or midges whose bites can make life difficult, hence the holiday in late September and on the East Coast!