I have been too busy to update the blog until now. Its a strange irony that being 'an artist' involves so much stuff that you would think was the opposite of art. Yes, admin day (or rather admin week) rolls round again! I have been applying for things, evaluating things and publicising things for what seems an eternity (in fact only a few days). looking back at my last entry I was just off to work on a fellow artist's project for a few days. That was a very enjoyable experience, being creative, making things and not worrying about anything else. 'The Big Draw' at St George's Church was also a good experience although I did have to sort out publicity and contend with the effects of the postal strike on my mail-out. I involved a couple of other artists, Claire Rye (who will be following me as artist in residence at the church) and her friend Tom who were both brilliant and helped inspire all sorts of creativity from the people who joined us for the day. I had decided that I wasn't going to impose my view of 'drawing' on people, instead they could draw however they wanted as long as they responded to the building and the setting. We suggested some starting points and off they went! Interestingly enough a lot of people homed-in on the writing in the building and on the grave stones. In a churchyard of course, the same words appear frequently but it doesn't stop them being evocative.
