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Overall, I have decided that technology does not increase my productivity!

One painting finished and another three started…..From the sea to the sky.

Time ran away with me today! I haven’t posted, I have commented, I haven’t blogged and it’s already nearly 4pm. Sometimes you can get a day’s work by mid-morning, other times you are just starting when its already dark outside, […]

I have recently had my work published in a new book exploring perceptions of the city on a global scale. ‘An Additive Mixture #2’ was chosen to be printed in this zingy book which was published to coincide with an […]

in this third reflective post i aim to unpack the miriad of activity within my thinking this week.  a week that began with a conversation with my accountant. he set a body of thought rolling. hobby or business ? it […]

A live art work on how the border can become invisible due to human activity is being developed in the studio. Temporarily called Erasing the Border, there are a lot of themes going on including the colonial/postcolonial debate. Performance brings […]

I have my fingers in lots of pies – arty pies of course. I’m working with the figurine in a variety of ways and enjoying shifting between mediums – photographs; ‘model’ ornaments, drawing and paint. It’s a versatile way of […]

WEEK 13 Artists in attendance 11 Is the idea of abstraction more difficult to grasp when you are over 60? Through taking part in these workshops the artists have acknowledged that there is skill in abstraction, they have seen that […]

This morning I went to visit Middleport Pottery which is a follow up visit from about 18 months ago.  I took my camera to generate ideas for The Artist and The City project, the first meeting at the museum is […]

I started today cutting out colour layers on the bandsaw, did a bit of carving of one of the baskets, did a rubbing of one of the pieces, did some more colour layer. I probably need to focus, but its […]

I have been spending most days painting recently.  There are still always loads of interesting things that happen every day but I feel a bit like I’ve lost track of where I was up to. I went on a Xiamen […]

Strangely, as I’ve been working I’ve noticed that some of the cut lines are changing. I would say I have quite a distinctive style of line and texture, but a lot of the marks are new or have a different […]

A really productive day in the studio.  I have been experimenting with the new sander.  After much messing around and wasting sandpaper, and reading instructions I have learnt the best way to get results is not to put pressure on […]

New design for a unit of currency for The People’s Bank of Govanhill  

Chinese Meal for Two My situation at the moment between me and my Chinese girlfriend-Wei Cheng can be quite challenging when it comes to living a long distant relationship. Our love grows stronger every day when we are in different culture […]

Cracking on with the colour blocks today, this shape is a lattice with coloured diamonds sitting inside it and a dot inside one of them. I’ve been using a bandsaw to cut-out sections for the colour blocks. But I am […]