Dialogue

 

'Currently untitled' - George Roberts January 2025 - mixed media digital, photographic and drawing by hand

Every Christmas, whilst reflecting on the 'pudding' I have consumed, I resolve not to miss the Royal Academy Summer Show deadline for entries in early January. This year was no exception and I convinced myself that the £40 entrance fee charged by the RA was value for money. Now I am a very old man, I don't want to sell my art even if someone was sufficiently disturbed to want to buy it and I certainly do not wish to court fame in my twilight years. Consequently, I was somewhat surprised to read the 'Byzantine' rules of engagement posted on the RA's website. It all sounded much too like 'work' than art or whatever it is I do nowadays!

So, I decided to follow previous years and use the RA's topic, 2025 being 'Dialogue', and then exercise my brain and hands to make something. 

The RA usually sets a very wide topic to encourage a variety of responses. I like the sound of the word 'dialogue'  even though as a blogger I have more experience of 'monologue'.

I thought to myself that if I omitted the 'u' from Dialogue I might place three monkeys on an actual log doing what monkeys do best 'ignoring each other whilst engaging with the Earth in the most destructive way possible'.

I got out the 'pencils, pens, brushes, paper and laptopamabob' and then had some 'art fun' resulting in the above picture. I have several working titles:

• 'Dialog'
• 'Myopic'
• 'Fossil fueled'
• 'Other'