Destination: Allenheads, Northumbria Days: 5 Activities: Drawing mainly, some painting, reading, blogging ;o) Weather forecast: Rain From Monday to Friday Next week I’ll be staying at Allenheads Contemporary Arts for a residency where I plan to focus intensively on drawing […]
THIS IS THE LAST DAY… …and the final touches are being made, canvases being hung, floors painted and bags moved out, all in aid of the final day. – for me and my work i want to take some nice […]
Cuts and Splices “It’s funny doing everything remotely, firing things off into space and waiting for them to come back again…” I love this snippet from the to and fro of emails with artist/film-maker Catherine Weir. After a morning filming […]
PAYING ARTISTS II: THE CAREER TRAJECTORY The problem of not paying artists is much bigger than simply artists being out-of-pocket. It affects the artist’s whole career trajectory, and creates a massive pool of stagnation that ends up in a shocking […]
ive finally got round to peeling the resin of the silicon plastic and it came off beautifully, the resin was crystal clear and smooth as water. i layed the larger pieces down underneath the hand, loosed the droplets and just […]
Looking back over this last year of uni and thinking about the work I have made and I can honestly say I am so pleased with the paintings I have created. At the beginning of third year I had a […]
the name suits the piece as vanitas is the latin name for vanity and my work is all about looking past that surface image and to what lies beneath. for my assesment work i have layed out all the important […]
“Contrary to what people say, using the first person in films tends to be a sign of humility: ‘All I have to offer is myself.’” —Chris Marker My work for my assessment consists of the various periods of ides that […]
The first weekend in March is usually reserved for the International Contemporary Artists’ Book Fair here in Leeds and this year was no exception. However, unlike previous years when it was held in Parkinson Court at the University of Leeds, […]
These will be my last few posts as my piece is almost ready for assessment. I feel pleased that it has worked out how I envisaged it, with a few minor alterations. Rather than 90 prints there are now 96. […]
Someone said my work for my degree show, came across with to much attitude. Rather id like to come across intelligent and someone who has captured elements in the art world that are not spoke about and ignored. In fact […]
A few months ago I received what I thought was a spam email inviting me to show in St Petersburg, it all sounded very dodgy (let alone the title: ‘English Breakfast’) and too good to be true: all travel expenses […]
Day 5 Sunday, but not a day of rest. Up early to see the acropolis and our first venture into Athens centre. Admission is free on Sundays and therefore busy. Biblical, humbling and awesome. So pleased we made it. Meandering […]
Thursday was an exciting day. I invited dancer Sophie Tickle to come and work with me on the development of my ‘Migrate’ work. It’s previous incarnation is a performative piece that I created at the Drawing Exhibition in Castlefield Gallery […]
My blog seems to have taken a bit of a back seat this week as I have been working relentlessly to complete my installation. After wallpapering the walls and painting them last week, the first thing on my agenda this […]
After an incredibly busy and tiring two weeks my vision has finally been realised! When I stand in the space and take it all in I am hugely proud of what I have been able to achieve within this degree […]
All the work is up and the exhbition doesn’t flow. Works somehow look like they have been put down and now need to be curated. There wasn’t time for curation as several of the works came in at the end […]
Internal assessment is over. I feel it has gone ok. I also had several interesting conversations and the focus of my work is moving towards the dialogues that are happening around the topic I have chosen to base my work […]
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