Lectures

I give talks on many aspects of Art History and Creativity. Contact me for more information.

The “take 6” series features 6 different artists or viewpoints from different times and places united by a common theme 

take 6 : LAND

take 6 : INTERIOR

take 6 : DRAWING

take 6 : MUSIC

take 6 : BEAUTY

Old Masters

OUT OF DARKNESS - Rembrandt and Caravaggio

REMBRANDT Self Portraits

TITIAN - God of Painting

TITIAN’S POESIE - His legendary series for Philip II of Spain

VELASQUEZ - Prince of Painters

BOTTICELLI - Mystic Beauty

MICHELANGELO and The SISTINE CHAPEL

CARAVAGGIO - Darkness in Light

Moderns

THE IMPRESSIONIST REVOLUTION

DEGAS - Revolutionary Conservative

VINCENT - 1888 - 1890

Walter Richard SICKERT - Man and Masks

GIACOMETTI  - Obsessed By The Gaze

EDWARD HOPPER - Painting Lonely Street

BACON and FREUD - The Human Presence

FRANCIS BACON - A Gilded Gutter Life

FREUD - Paint As Flesh

PICASSO - Success and Scandal

PICASSO the DRAUGHTSMAN

THE GEOMETRY OF FEAR - British sculpture after the Second World War

JENNY SAVILLE - International successful Contemporary British figurative artist

EGON SCHIELE - The leader of Viennese Expressionism who died tragically young

EXPRESSIONISM - It’s Personal - an overview of the idea of Expressionism

JOHN SINGER SARGENT - Facility : Fame : Failure

Thematic

ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME? - Looking at Self Portraits

PAINTING & PHOTOGRAPHY - The fascinating history of the relationship between them. In two parts - 1830 - 1900 and 1900 - the present

black is black? - images and attitudes showing images of “blackness” and “whiteness” through history

THE SOCIETY PORTRAIT - the changing face of “society” portraiture as society itself has changed over the last four centuries.

VIENNA 1900 - This is currently in preparation and will be available in late Autumn

The Scottish Series

The GLASGOW BOYS

THE SCOTTISH COLOURISTS

CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH

JOAN EARDLEY and ANNE REDPATH - For Love of Paint 

Creativity

Catching The Image" - Where do ideas come from? how can we develop them?
"Taking A Chance On Chance" - How a wide range of artists have used Chance to help their Creativity.
"Old Masters - New Medium" - Adapting the the old techniques to new needs
"Every Picture Tells A Story" - Using favourite texts for inspiration.


Contact
Email: ronnieireland2@gmail.com
Telephone: 07836 763386