The journey begins (at Scalloway Booth)
This is where we will be spending August 2015
This is where we will be spending August 2015
Since I last posted in here, I’ve become more and more disenchanted with the art world, and I tend not to think of myself as an artist any more. People say I am, they even say I’m a good artist. […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here The only other time I can remember having this much money in my bank account was after my father died. In fact, it was a very similar amount. Then, I remember thinking it was a […]
OK, end of week one. One ‘thing’ applied for (at no cost) one submission to an open exhibition (£6) and I bought a wall planner in a sale (£6.99) ….oh and my studio rent. Yikes, I’ve paid out more than […]
Experiments with mixed media and collage. Black and white texture Colour on brown board Collage offcuts on white card
New year is always a good time to reflect on things and set ambitions for the coming twelve months. With the somewhat unexpected, though not entirely surprising, death of my grandmother at the age of 103, wondering about what it […]
The publication on Tuesday of an a-n news feature investigating the subject of open exhibitions and entry fees has prompted a flood of comments on social media.
Before and during my exhibition ‘A Wonder World for Enid’ in the University of Leeds Clothworkers’ Hall, I am blogging about the paintings, where they came from and how they were made. As an abstract expressionist painter, my art comes […]
How the sands fly! The child runs behind. Sweeping and sweeping. Gathering and gathering. In the pockets of her apron. A mad impulse from a dream. Come brave souls! We’ll work it out. One permeable pocket, A lose thread chasing […]
I was commissioned by South London and Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation Trust to facilitate a creative activity that would take place in their lounge, where comfy chairs in a semi-circle centred around a big flat-screen TV. Issues to address included: […]
i reflected over night about something i wrote yesterday. the overall form for an stallation that i am currently programming the guts of the idea. it’s connected to adding to the chaos, after what collings said back in september about […]
In the forthcoming 2015 general election, Gordon Shrigley is to stand as a prospective MP in his local Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.
Yesterday was a dark day for the most accessible form of art: the cartoon and for free speech. For yesterday was the day when 3 gunmen broke into the offices of French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo and murdered various members […]
Artists have to write blurbs for shows. Come and see ours! EXILE: Jonathan Moss and Sonia Boué met by chance at Magdalen Road Studios in the Summer of 2013. Jonathan was at the end of his eight year project Are […]
AUDIOBLOG- Please click here I wrote my first song at the end of 2010, with a lot of help from Dan Whitehouse. Songwriting is still a fresh and new thing for me. If any of you have read my […]