For the last two years I have been working on a series of works entitled "Hotel Utopia". This theme came to mind a few years ago after I suffered a heart attack and died. On my return to this reality, I began to wonder 'what is all this about'? What are we looking for? If it is happiness and meaning then where and how do we find it? I began thinking about 'utopia' . What does it mean, is it possible and is it what we really actually want? The idea of a pastoral existence, afternoons spent next to a cool…

The Louvre in Paris is home to a magnificent collection of art and on my occasional visits I always find myself drawn to the "Death of Marat" by the French painter Jacques Louis David.

I remember back in 1975 entering an almost empty Sistine Chapel, those were the days before low cost flights and tourism on mass. I lay on the floor and peered up at a ceiling covered in images of God, Adam, and assorted biblical supporting actors.