When is the last time you were ‘seized with enthusiasm’? It was dodging the heat on San Giorgio that I stumbled into The Giorgio Cini Foundation and discovered four small books by Bruno Munari. They instantly catapulted my mind from […]
In Venice they do let heaven see the pranks They dare not show their husbands; their best conscience Is not to leave’t undone, but keep’t unknown. (1) Time freezes, then melts. The medieval warrens barricading against the plundering Goths […]
2015 will see the Philippines showcase at The Venice Biennale, after a hiatus of 5 decades. A soul searching discovery with artist, Vanessa Scully.
Republishing a selection from my writing on the Guardian. Collectively, these texts raise issues and concerns about the visual arts infrastructure, arts policy and conditions for artists’ creativity.
Following the exciting news of receiving bursary support from Full Circle Arts I quickly booked my place on an upcoming Digital Photography course at Leeds College of Arts. Designed to improve my skills in the area and enable me to […]
Thinking out loud; exploring my work as a creative enabler.
Narberth Museum in Pembrokeshire will host an exciting workshop with Kate Walters looking at Celtic Mysticism and the Mabinogion. Insights into the ways that Kate uses her Shamanic knowledge to inform her art.
I start my blog by stating that not one piece of my work is truly finished. None of my work is any good to me, it is a constant source of personal agony and fear. Over-dramatic? It may sound that […]
Blog recording development and work in progress in relation to the professional development bursary awarded by a-n in 2016.
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This blog shows my journey in painting and art.
An exploration of concrete as a sculptural material: the positive and negative space and the structural limits of a material.
Submission Day is here!
I’m sharing this Just A Card campaign today because as a small business owner this rings true with me everyday I get up and work my socks off to bring new, refreshing and unique designs that you can’t get from […]
A-N Travel Bursary: Research in ‘bio-art’ Amsterdam
The a-n Travel Bursary has provided the vital opportunity to find the sixth and final artist for the visual art project “Cicatrix..the scar of a healed wound”. A WW1 centenary project that runs from 2014 till 2018.
The 2016 Mokuhanga Basic Training Program
Introduction to traditional Japanese water based woodblock printmaking
The Buffer Zone tracks a new thematic collaboration between Megan Calver, Susie David and Gabrielle Hoad at Dawlish Warren. We will use our a-n Professional Development Bursary to develop new work and documentation to support future applications for funding and commissions.
Been working my socks off recently to create some new designs. The first one I’m super excited to share is this personalised dog neckerchief. I went back and forth with the design, style and colour combination but I am now […]
Blog reflecting on my research trip to Portland and New York funded by a-n Travel bursaries.
This year is the 30thth Anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster and a new safe confinement structure is, as we speak, being moved over the old reactor No.4. In April this year a group of artists from the North of England […]
A 1.136m2 piece of land in Austria forms the centre of my ongoing project. I started off with a two weeks residency on the land where I spent time there documenting on and around the piece of land and meeting […]
Thanks to the an:travel bursary I was able to complete my video project, filmed last year in Rabat, Morocco’s capital city and continue my artist networks.
A month-long trip exploring Orkney and the Outer Hebrides, during August 2016. The journey included vising Arts Centres, meeting curators and artists, and making drawings about the sense of place.
All things studio: individual, collective, critical, reflective.
Albany Gallery Cardiff, Oriel y Felin…Oriel CRIC, Erwood Station and all…..
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