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I’m back to painting in my studio again. Painting is really difficult. I am of the mindset recently that I need to make work that is really good and if it’s not really good it’s not worth making. If the […]

Today I’m fully in the present. The responses to my last post have stretched my safety-net to far corners and I want to share with you how moved I am by the generosity, compassion and creative spirit I have encountered. […]

Yesterday’s conversation with a neighbour who’s about to go back to work after maternity leave has got me thinking again about my own situation career-wise and what a different experience I’ve had since becoming an artist. After many years of […]

Got side tracked by the stories people told me when sitting down at my table. I have come to the conclusion that the actual project of building this house is importand in the dialogues and I have to focus more […]

I am packing up at school. The place is almost completely disserted and it feels as though term has truly ended, though I went to a rather interesting, if sparsely attended, lecture this morning. The workshops are silent and even […]

Turf Projects PUTT PUTT #2 Commission I was delighted to be asked to make a playful new work for this years PUTT PUTT #2 crazy golf course in Croydon. For those who don’t know about the wonderful work of Turf […]

My drawing is going well. I am using different black inks on primed paper. Ink is a very direct medium and I enjoy the challenge. As I have only 2 weeks to make the drawing I have to be decisive […]

I get my results today. Trying to calm my nerves, I’m finishing off work for the Degree Show. Its not working- I’m still anxious but I have printed a group of photographs for the show. My plan for installing the […]

LC Wed 30 April: Third collaboration in, and I feel as though we are airborne. Working in this group has brought about a real sense of working together to problem solve and create together, to share ideas, critique the work […]

Tests, tests, tests. From formal assessments for health, care, school etc. and top of the list work, to personality tests to daily life quizzes – we are being constantly assessed and increasingly fascinated to question-testing ourselves. Institutional tests considered as […]

Very busy in the run up to the show. PV in 2 days time, friday the 13th.It’s taken me a lot longer to set up than expected (a week) – with lots of re-arranging and changes. I feel now that […]

I’m on my way! Plans are laid down; train reservations made… just the small matter of sitting an exam and packing before I set off! Activity towards my a-n New Collaborations bursary kicks off properly next week with a visit […]

I’m trying not to think of how much I need to do over the next week and a half. If I take it all in, I’ll just panic and not get anything done at all. I do have enough people […]

Rethink, U-turn, reassessment, or indecisive grasshopper… call it what you like. In a previous post I said I had some unfinished songs, waiting for me to find a way to use them, then they will get finished. I think I’m […]