The Mayor’s Portrait. As part of Professional Practice study in year 5, I negotiated my first commission to paint a portrait of the Mayor of Ipswich, Councillor Hamil Clarke. This was my first portrait and it offered an opportunity to work in collaboration […]
The Project Brief for Semester 2 was to produce one piece of work, incorporating each of the chosen study subjects. Life drawing and painting inevitably formed a basis for the work and, following the death of my Mother, I chose […]
Using my own photographs as a source, I experimented with digital media, abstraction and colour. My reference was from Pop Art and work by Andy Warhol, as well as more contemporary painting and story telling, by Allen Jones and Andy […]
In 2012, an organised trip to London and the Tate Modern, introduced me to Contemporary/Conceptual Art and although I went along with an open mind, I found that blank monitor screens, and collections of detritus with pretentious, elitist labelling offered very little evidence of craftsmanship, […]
Scratching the Surface. My degree studies included experimentation with drawing, painting, sculpture, printing and photography and I began to produce work from life studies and abstraction. The use of digital media and image manipulation, became instrumental in the transformation of […]
Reflecting back on my previous work, My current work has completely evolved, the process i am going through in comparison to what i used to do is that this evolves in a much more organic way. I’m currently enjoying the […]
This video describes the applications the original wheel has been capable of producing, from one wheel i have managed to add a whole host of other rotating objects. the very far left wheels were hard to deal with, especially the […]
Staff at The National Gallery in London are planning a second five-day strike against privatisation starting on Sunday.
Just collected eight hundred beautifully screen-printed banknotes for the People’s Bank of Govanhill. Printed by Ben at Ashton Screenprint
The Paying Artists campaign has launched two online surveys for artists and galleries/curators as part of its efforts to secure exhibition fees for all artists exhibiting in publicly funded galleries.
In a piece originally published on The Conversation website, Ben Walmsley of the University of Leeds asks whether what the North of England really needs is more investment in artists rather than buildings.
Could someone tell me how to access something as simple as guidance on writing an artist’s statement for an open submission. Should be easy to find but am failing to locate it on my tablet. Martin Jones
Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.
While reading the feminist writings of Andrea Dworkin, specifically her book Pornography, Men Possessing Women as part of my dissertation research a particular phrase struck a chord. “The two poles of her existence as a white woman are underscored: she is boss, […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here The power of the object The power of the song I see them as the same. I collect the objects I write the words I find sounds that suggest presence I find garments […]
I feel for the first time this year that I have taken a big leap forward. I have been working hard on the neon pink paintings until I have built up a small collection. I was taken very much by […]
I approached my painting of Vin Diesel with more fluid brush strokes which perhaps adds to the emotion. The Greens and Blues add to the tone of mood. For my next work I have chosen to work on a landscape […]
i see from google today is the start of the lunar year, it would have been my dad’s birthday too. birthdays are symbols…. new hope…. new beginnings….another blog post. it’s a post i’ve been considering before writing, very often a […]
I am working on the cine films again. I thought I would look at images that repeat signifying the narrator/film maker. I made screen shots of the animals and birds that one particular film maker habitually filmed. These would make […]
I had been very excited and positive about the opportunity to involve multiple people’s perspectives in my work with Moyse’s Hall, and the museum carefully collected used coffee tokens. These proved my work had enticed new visitors to the Museum […]
Music is a big part of my process depending on my mood my music often matches. for example if I want an upbeat feeling to my work I will create an upbeat playlist with songs that match or the latter. […]
