Books by Anthony Padgett

This essay is based on my 30 years' experience of rejections and successes as an artist and my short time with the Artists Union of England (including my training as a Union Representative). It is not indicative of the AUE views. Rather, it contains my own, personal perspective and ideas. My joining the Artists Union of England arose out of my art projects "A Year With Picasso". Discovering that Picasso was active at the World Peace Congress in 1950 and also that he was a multi-millionaire member of the Communist party. It allowed me to re-frame a key issue, the regulation of the art industry, in terms of being a worker. My method of creation of art has used a system of categorisation that is empirical and phenomenological and is almost computer like. The work that I make is original but hasn't been recognised. And it is my belief that Artificial Intelligence will bring about regulation in the art industry and also the creation of new artworks.

A part of my artwork "A Year With Picasso" I wrote "Revulsion Freed From A Headlock". This is my response to Pablo Picasso's main surreal play, published in 1945 "Desire Caught By The Tail". As my title suggests, it is an inversion of his work. My methodology in art is to look for what has not been done. And one of the tools I use for this is inversion. For instance, in my paintings I looked at Picasso and Braque's Cubism (with its straight lines and angles) and created my own Curveism. My inversion of script in this play also involves creative choices that are not always a precise inversion. This is to make the text flow more successfully. And I also change some aspects to give them a 21st century relevance. I hope that you will find the result interesting, and in places extraordinary.

A tickbox approach to viewing art, looking at: FORMAL CONTENT, CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, BACKGROUND MEDIUM & TECHNIQUE and a Register Of Originality. Giving you the categories to View Understand And Criticise Modern, Contemporary And Traditional Art Works.

"PAINTINGS CATALOGUE Vincent Van Gogh & Anthony D. Padgett."Full illustrated catalogue of 67 paintings by Anthony Padgett in his "A Year with Vincent Van Gogh" - with comparison to the works of Van Gogh.

HOW TO FIND & CREATE AN ORIGINAL ART MASTERPIECEAn Art Register for Artists, Curators and the General Public. Arising out of a case involving the Tate Galleries.Ever felt lost for words in front of a work of art. This book will help you speak with knowledge and real understanding.This book is not about following other people's mis-understanding of art, but about developing and following your own understanding.Using a checklist and system of forms you can develop a way to analyse and interact with modern and contemporary art.

"A Year With Vincent Van Gogh" is a fully illustrated book of Anthony David Padgett's life changing project studying the legacy of Van Gogh. It is a story that is relevant to everyone today. In the 2017 he created 67 oil paintings in his own unique style to parallel and contrast Van Gogh's life with his own. The year brought him a deeper appreciation of nature, the seasons and family that are relevant to everyone. This fully illustrated book shares these insights. Also in the book is his sculpture of Van Gogh (sited in places Van Gogh's lived), 5 contemporary art works and a piece of contemporary performance art.