In the summer of 2019, I was invited to give a lecture at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester to complement the Ivon Hitchens retrospective Space Through Colour. Eschewing a Powerpoint presentation and referencing actual paintings, my talk was called Making Paint Sing.

A lyrical, broadly handed yet intimately cast garden scene by Jemma Powell was central to my theme. The Pallant House audience were of one mind: here indeed was pating(ing) that sang.