My first blog ‘Keeping It Together’ came to a natural end when I moved in to my studio. ‘Keeping It Going’ picks up where that left off. Will I be able to maintain a blog at the same time as […]
Events happening in the wide world: for studio based activities, please see ‘From the Studio’ blog posts
My work explores the quiet, emotional spaces between connection and care — between a mother and child, a person and nature, a body and its healing. I paint from personal experience, especially the raw tenderness of motherhood and the healing […]
I will be exhibiting for the first time as part of the upcoming Clwydian Creatives Art Trail, held this September in studios across the region. Known for expressive paintings that explore motherhood, healing, and the quiet power of nature, I […]
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Still here, still working, still walking and mapping.
I suffer from Agoraphobia.
My forthcoming artwork, “Manifestation (Ad Astra Per Aspera)”, aims to address the complexity and psychological / physiological impact of trauma, it highlights how it can be triggered by everyday sensory stimuli, the unconscious apprehension and the perpetual nature of its […]
Yes, I have ADHD. I was diagnosed when I was 42. It didn’t surprise me at all; I had suspected it for some time before.
I am so excited to finally start sharing the process of my ACE project, Letters to Forever *. Documenting it in writing has been on my mind for a while. Thoughts come and go, and making them tangible feels like […]
A new international project I’m trying to initiate with Catrine Gangsto for Peace Painting http://www.peacepainting.org/om/
The increasingly intense exploration of drawing, and the threads between words, sounds, music, lines…
Drawing from the Imagination
On and off research from 2016- onwards.
Charting the progress of my practice since 2007 – a-n’s longest running blog!
For nearly a decade, my home was a guardianship in a former school, where the playground surrounding me was reclaimed by plants and wildlife. I’m making a film about living there; sharing writing and reflections on the experience and process.
Last November, I attended a mental well-being workshop for black men, which specifically targeted that social group. I liked this, so I went, albeit fashionably late. A key organiser, Nzinga, was shocked to see my face: “It’s so nice […]
Tales of the pretty much expected….and sometimes not
Returning to my Artwork of 2017/18 when I created a number of modern day Reilquaries in Medieval Style. But with a variety of subjects rather than just Memorial. Some human condition, comment. I found this a portrait of partner Helena Smee. Small and simple. I should do more!
I have so many works on the go it’s hard to keep up with them. So I am contemplating on a better platform to selling work here in Ipswich and the kinds of agency required to sell work and give them esteem. This blog documents a number of challenges in making good things happen.
It is difficult with Bipolar Disorder and my mobility issues, so much pain
Following from my student blog at UCS, graduating was a difficult stage. I graduated 2012 and now only just beginning to be professional…
How on earth to continue a practice with no income??? Dealing with financial abuse and neglect.
Every month I enter the Boldbrush Art Contest. This blog shows my entries and the links to vote.
Thank you in advance for voting, each one makes such a difference :)
A Fiction – a return to blogging after a break of 10? years
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