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Never Comply or Conform
Would Da Vinci have been so creative and innovative if he had conformed to, and complied with the Vatican doctrine on dissection? Thus, Chris Francis depicts the nude in a much more observed, dynamic way. Go to the Gallery to view his treatment of varying figure and nude studies in various means and methods.


Inspiration
Sir Ken Robinson, Education reformer, stated that instilling Conformity and Compliance in Education kills Creativity. What would Monet have created if he carried on the tradition of L’Académie des Beaux-Arts?


Art is About Observing
Despite the sickly sentimentality of ‘God’s Coloring Book’ by Dolly Parton it should be a lesson to look out at and appreciate the World… Tennessee Mountains


Being Part of the Revolution
Post- War British Babies were born into a period of social revolution which they built upon in the 60s. Working Class children went off to university, then were criticised because they had been educated and questioned anything and everything. They didn’t comply with the ‘done thing’. Hence it was probably the most incredibly Creative Era in the UK since William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement. The Visual Arts saw a break from the traditions of academic paint
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