Blogs - a-n The Artists Information Company

Posts include: ‘Makers HeadRoom’ – a makers group using Zoom to work together online; the ‘Artists Insight’ mentoring sessions, the theory of ‘The Creative Cycle’ and articles about drawing, persistence, learning, earning and being male

from feeling stationary and isolated – an experimental research project considering isolation through adulthood play.

The increasingly intense exploration of drawing, and the threads between words, sounds, music, lines…

The story of starting again

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 :)

Charting the progress of my practice since 2007 – a-n’s longest running blog!

Pictures at an Exhibition – how the outsider artist in me is making things harder than they need to be.
Crossing mediums – connecting the dots between painting, making and exhibiting.

Re-Wilding Practice: Art and Environmental Sustainability

Tales of the pretty much expected….and sometimes not

The blog provides an insight into my initial exploration of Stoke-on-Trent, my responses to the environment and sense of place. The following Chapter of the blog sees the work that was initiated within the two weeks residency, come to some form of resolution.

I’ve self funded the development and delivery of my Notts School Puppetry Workshops over the past 3 years. ACE rejected all x11 of my Arts Project Applications that included them. But I can’t afford to any more so we’re in hiatus. Shame.

On the River Crane and Northcote Nature Reserve

How on earth to continue a practice with no income??? Dealing with financial abuse and neglect.

This blog will explore themes of disability and sexual assault and how physical truama leads to disassociation from the body.

Sun printing, also known as cyanotype printing, is an innovative and eco-friendly photographic printing process that harnesses the power of the sun to create beautiful, blue-toned images. This technique, dating back to the 19th century, is cherished for its simplicity, […]

Cymraeg ⇒ I’ve just returned from an amazing trip to Amman, Jordan which was generously supported by Wales Arts International’s International Opportunities Fund. My video installation ‘INSULAE’ is currently showing at the Jordan National Gallery Of Fine Arts (JNGFA) as […]

English ⇒ Rwyf newydd ddychwelyd o daith anhygoel i Aman, Gwlad yr Iorddonen a gefnogwyd yn hael gan y Gronfa Cyfleoedd Rhyngwladol gan Gelfyddydau Rhyngwladol Cymru. Mae fy gosodiad fideo ‘INSULAE’ yn cael ei ddangos ar hyn o bryd yn […]