by Mike Mcinnerney | Oct 12, 2019 | articles, Blog
Dinah and I spent a week in a contemporary beach house called ‘Fog Signal Building’ set in a distinct piece of landscape on the Dungeness headland south of Romney Marsh. Scenery not unlike a bare stage made of shingle on which a few worn and faded props in the form of...
by Mike Mcinnerney | Oct 10, 2019 | articles, Blog
Driving the narrow country lanes around Devil’s Dyke I came across a lay-by on Saddlescombe road opposite the entrance to the National Trust hamlet of Saddlescombe Farm hidden in the chalkland hills. The lay-by on the eastern side of Devil’s Dyke gave access to a...
by Mike Mcinnerney | Oct 9, 2019 | articles, Blog
In May 2019 The New York based publishing company Apollo launched ‘Tommy at 50’ a book celebrating the making of The Who’s unique rock opera first released in May 1969. I wrote two chapters on the Mood and Look as background to the making of Tommy...
by Mike Mcinnerney | Sep 26, 2019 | articles, Blog
The environmental science roadshow ‘Sex & Bugs & Rock ’n’ Roll’ http://festivalbugs.org/ made its regular appearance in the Green Future Fields at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival. The specially designed tent contained a series of my tree portraits as part of a...
by Mike Mcinnerney | Sep 26, 2019 | articles, Blog
On the 8th of March 2019 there was a small gathering of people at the Alexandra Palace in North London to celebrate the refurbished and re-opened East Court and Theatre. The people who gathered had contributed to the heritage display in the East Court showing the...
by Mike Mcinnerney | Sep 24, 2019 | articles, Blog
Maria Radoje, a member of the London based Meher Baba Association, wrote in November 2018 asking for help to design a series of posters celebrating ‘Amartithi’, the 50th anniversary of Meher Baba’s death (‘date with the Eternal’) on 31 January 2019....
by Mike Mcinnerney | May 23, 2018 | articles, Blog
Richard McTague of RedHouse Originals Gallery in Harrogate organised an ‘In Conversation’ interview with myself and Dudley Edwards with Graham Chalmers, editor of the Harrogate Advertiser and co-organiser of the one day multi-media arts event held on...
by Mike Mcinnerney | May 10, 2018 | articles, Blog
I was invited by Karen Townshend to create a new show of ‘plein air’ paintings in her gallery at Kestle Barton situated in an ancient Cornish farmstead above the Helford River. I had previously exhibited portraits of trees in the woods and paths around...
by Mike Mcinnerney | May 8, 2018 | articles, Blog
I took part in a telephone interview with Peter Watts in March 2017. He was writing an article for the June issue of Uncut magazine for a feature titled ‘Revolution Now’ as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the summer of love. He wanted to talk...
by Mike Mcinnerney | May 5, 2018 | articles, Blog
I signed my first Author Commissioning Form In July 2016 agreeing to deliver text to Elephant Book Company for a book titled ‘Sgt. Pepper at Fifty’. I was used to signing paintings or putting signatures on licenses of use for images or contracts for...
