Sonia Boué and I have both recently blogged about the cycles of work and thought, the state of flow, the state of staring into the middle distance and the state I previously have referred to as a slump, but is […]
With a strike ballot of National Gallery staff currently taking place over plans to privatise jobs, the PCS union has organised a day of action culminating in a protest in Trafalgar Square.
This week’s selections include contemporary abstract paintings in London, a feature-length film installation in Sheffield, and in Edinburgh a look at two once famous and now largely forgotten Scottish painters of the 1940s.
A few days ago the Tangled Yarns exhibition brought me another “first” – the shooting of my first TV interview. I was being interviewed by journalist and filmmaker Lea Borromeo for The World today with Tariq Ali. Lea and I share […]
After the pain of writing my dissertation my creativity have been at an all time low. I have had little time to paint and when I do its in dark blues.I think this comes with the change of my mood. […]
50×50 cm acrylic paint ink and glitter on canvas. This picture is inspired by this Alan Watts quote. “It’s like you took a bottle of ink and you threw it at a wall. Smash! And all that ink spread. And […]
Some drawings of skyscrapers i have done following on from some of my photographs. I love using pen and ink in my works especially mixing different techniques together
Currently working on the theme of memory with a few paintings in particular. At this stage I am combining ‘found objects’ to use the artistic convention, with a base layer of texture provided by sand. The objects are a combination […]
AUDIOBLOG -Please click here We decided to slot in an extra session as we were both suddenly free. We have a certain amount of sessions booked, with a couple of extras as a contingency. I am fairly flexible, this […]
It has been a difficult week, starting back after a long break for Christmas and New Year. For the first time I have not had to work (paid work) through this holiday break and had expected to spend plenty time […]
I was advised by my lecturer to visit the Sigmar Polke show at the Tate before it finished in February so I arranged a day trip to London and I was not disappointed. This show is a classic example of […]
Today I completed the application for the Bloomberg New Comtemporaries. You can submit 6 works and have to send then images as the first stage of the application. Having seen the show in Liverpool for the last 2 years, I […]
Well, university finished on the 18th of December and after the fun of Christmas I had to go back to work to create a new painting quite quickly with a deadline hand-in date of the Monday the 5th of January. […]
I’ve set my self the goal of making something in the studio every day, based on a list of starting points to further my practice. One of my current concerns is collecting and arranging collage off-cuts and I’m experimenting with […]
These 3 Designs will be coloured on illustrator and then fit into a triangular shape. The shape is because the designs will be featured on an 8 sided spire that will be about 15 foot tall. I’m really pleased with […]
Hello fellow creatives! i am a ceramic artist based in derby city and i am currently facing an urgent need to relocate to a new ‘dirty’ studio premises. Although the east midlands have a growing number of artists studio complexes […]
The interesting outcome of setting up the facebook artist page is that so many people have said to me ‘I thought you just worked with paper’. Hmmm… Although I haven’t got a large following yet, I like the fact that […]
Hi Some of you may know I am organising an arts festival in a town called Fareham. We are in the process of finishing the website and starting to launch the call outs. As part of this we are […]
What a very different week at the studio! There are artworks being made and thought about!! My upcoming show will feature a number of new works that are inspired by missing pieces in a second-hand jigsaw that a friend and […]
I have finally decided on my next piece of work and sketched it roughly onto the canvas. It is a mix of pattern, bold print and vibrant colours (I hope). The fabric print is taken from an old Vogue photograph […]
