On tuesday we had the external examiners in to talk to us and I had the fortune not to be one to be selected for interview, but apparently it means there is more than a chance at the end of […]
Today, after a long break we have our first day back at university. I started the morning by going to visit the Artist and the City exhibition at the Potteries Museum to see my painting in situ. I do feel […]
Joseph Mallord William Turner: Fishermen at Sea: (1796) Media: Oil on Canvas: Support: 914 x 1222mm: Frame: 1120 x 1425mm x 105mm Location: Tate Collection Image available at: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/the-sublime I like the dark brooding sky in this painting. It is […]
while in belper parks on tuesday, our regional catalyst from the eden project opened my thinking to placemaking. as we stood and looked at one edge of the area we’ll use for the art walk i could see her excitement. […]
My large cross-stitch pattern is now finished, and I’m looking forward to starting to stitch it. You may remember that it’s inspired by Byzantine Church domes, and so the layout of the design corresponds with a traditional dome, but with […]
It was less than a year ago , maybe six months ago, I can’t remember, fairly recently though…… ish. I noticed a lot of plant machinery and trucks etc working in a field between the A2990 and Molehill Road, with […]
Our busy Events section features events and exhibitions posted by a-n members. In the second of a new weekly series, we pick five highlights from the next seven days.
Excuse the hop over to the UK.. I’ll take you back to Senegal next blog post, but I would very much love to invite you to my exhibition opening at the Newbridge Project Saturday 24th Jan. Senegalese teas will be […]
It’s hard to concentrate in the cold! But new work coming on apace. This is a time of planning and thinking. I love being in the studio but sometimes feel that I do too much playing and not enough focussing […]
So, the need to extend one of the basket objects means that I have had to come up with a way to attach a ‘filler’ segment without any surface area to glue it. So far so good. Then try to […]
Day off. By 8am this morning, I’d gone through my diary and tried to set up a date for a meeting. Erm… I can do a week on Monday, other than that it’s the following week on a Wednesday… or […]
The winner of the sixth Artes Mundi prize is the American artist Theaster Gates.
Since my opening I have been travelling in China and I’m still on the go, but I wanted to get photographs of the work in the exhibition and some from the opening on the blog as soon as possible, so […]
I have decided after a long time to finally take the plunge and buy a sewing machine. I love making my own t shirts so i really needed one to explore more ideas, i cant wait to use it :) […]
Philosophical thoughts on society.
In the end, at the beginning of the week, I cut my roll of Chinese paper with a fine hacksaw blade; it worked, although the remainder of the roll is a little squashed by the pressure I had to apply […]
Initiate your own peer sessions. In 2014 I joined contemporary art group ARTEL, we exhibit annually on a theme. Last year: ‘Raw – reflections on the aftermath of war’. This June – ‘Possessed’. Our first peer critique will be 29 […]
I had been looking at artist residencies as a way to invest in my practice, to give me time and space with mentor support to develop my practice. But I am limited because I can’t drop everything and go live […]
What can be done instead with £1000 in one year
The Belgian painter Luc Tuymans has been found guilty of plagiarism by a court in Antwerp after using a photograph of a right-wing politician as inspiration for a painting.
Here are some experimentation pieces I have created whilst trying to develop a deeper understanding of my practice. There is a recurring theme of pattern making developed from the landscapes that surround me. I respond to the patterns with sculpture, […]
Songbook, the much anticipated photobook from leading photographer Alec Soth, chronicles the solitary experiences of Americans through a blend of lyrical portraits and empty landscapes. Tim Clark considers the images of those longing for connection in an era of virtual networks.
The last two days I have been hand making my own canvases. I hadn’t done this before and it was very difficult but well worth it I am very pleased with the results and plan to make more in the […]
