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  Our level 6 lecturer recommended within a talk recently that we know about Turps Banana and following this lead, I looked at the website www.turpsbanana.com and discovered a painting magazine available twice a year that is written for painters, […]

Birmingham Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th of October I had 2 days to wander round Birmingham and embrace the art scene. Although I managed to wander around quite well, I have learnt, never visit on a Monday as a lot […]

24.10.14 Majestic Studios https://www.facebook.com/pages/Majestic-Studios/397402593701606 I went today to visit Majestic Studios who were having an open day for 3 days to promote their presence. I need to visit artist studios in the next few months as much as possible as […]

My exploration of bold pattern against skin continue. This piece was finished a while ago and I am pleased with the way colour mixes work and clash at the same time. Really pleased with one of the hands but the […]

I don’t often go to work these days. By go to work, I mean arrive at a certain place by a certain time and stay as long as someone else expects me to. This doesn’t mean I’m not happy to […]

Here the Saharan breeze is accompanied with a flocking of fine sand particles that seem to settle in every mechanical and organic crevice. I begin to sweep the sand from my room and break out in a sweat. Such a […]

It’s open studios at my Yorkshire Artspace studio building this weekend (Exchange Place, Sheffield), and I have a pop-up exhibition called The Sea.   The sea is a subject which I keep coming back to. It fascinates me because it […]

the review is ready to go !   and i find myself wanting to make the most of pressing the create and publish button. i know from experience that when i’ve published something and then spent time promoting it i’ve […]

making my own opportunity: “the twitter exhibition gives me a short term focus” @andrewsugars http://t.co/aIwpcAPEYk — a-n Blogs (@an_artblogs) November 6, 2014   when this tweet was published it appeared to me that short term meant until the day that […]

Fish farm, theatre on stilts, mushroom basement

I’m driving myself to the studio this morning. Feels like a big improvement!   I want to finish wiring this red bra, and put her with her sisters. “It” becomes “she” as completion approaches. Sometimes these pieces that are garments […]

Another group crit this week – the difference being it was with a new set of peers and a different tutor. Whilst I fully appreciate and welcome these opportunities, sometimes I am left a little frustrated at the end. Participation is […]

Its  a must do I often meet my girlfriend at the air port once I have landed in Wen Zhou and then we take the bus ride down to the main city central. Sometimes we might go straight back to […]