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2015-01-26 Friday before heading back the UK I attended Graham Harman’s presentation and question and answer session at Moderna Museum here.  I have to confess that I have not read anything of his, nor heard of ‘speculative realism’.  His talk […]

AUDIOBLOG – Please click here It’s not lost on me that I bemoan the lot of the Middle Aged Woman, and her state of invisibility, whilst I feel more visible than I ever have!   I am a walking paradox. […]

It was interesting to review my collection of work related to the cine film frames at the time, but more so to look at it later. I used this collection as the subject for a sample catalogue we made for […]

This next project has been in my mind as something I’ve wanted to pursue for a while.  Initially the emotional challenge was a fundamental part of the idea.  As a woman researching and addressing issues of feminine power in her […]

Nuddy paintings done, now time to break some pain barriers and cut to the chase. Untitled, 2014, Acrylic on canvas, Hannah Maynard So, I managed to work through the inspirational block and finish this last painting.  I’m a little disillusioned […]

So this painting has been a bit more difficult than the other two for various reasons.  As discussed in the previous entry some distortion of the canvas was occurring with the uneven application of paint.  However, this was pretty easy […]

It has begun!  Round three of painting.  It’s taken me a few days to start.  For some reason I find it really daunting getting the first paint on.  The canvas has been looming over me in my studio space like […]

One of the integral projects of this year is one which deals with issues of self, specifically warped body image. I became interested earlier this year with obsessive behaviour to do with slimming and the extremes some people go to […]

So, over the summer I have been doing a bit of work with an artist called Matthew Darbyshire. It’s been an amazing experience meeting him and working with him on his sculpture project Renaissance City in an amazing old dairy […]

So as I was driving through our magnificent capital city today whilst at work the incredible fusion of old and new, the history to the cutting edge made me reflect more philosophically than usual about the course life takes, how […]

It’s taken a while, but my 10×10 project is back on the road. Thanks to Anthony Roberts of Colchester Arts Centre and Jenny & Holly of the award winning Hunt & Darton cafe, I was invited to take 10×10 to […]

  40×40 inches acrylic and metallic paint ink and glitter on canvas. I have finished my black hole series, I really enjoyed the process. I started with watered down paints and over layed different shades go blue and green until […]

We got our module feedback from last semester as a final grade on Wednesday and its fair to say I was disappointed with the result.  There was certainly some blood on the carpet so you need time to digest and […]