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Since I last wrote in here, I’ve been struggling to get anything done at all, although I’m still trying, it feels as though I’m just banging my head against a brick wall. http://helend-blackbird.blogspot.co.uk/ I recently undertook British Cycling Skyride Leader […]

20th May 2014 There was a slight change today with arrangements regarding my wall. I have moved to the wall opposite my original wall space. This wall will have a better light and is about two meters shorter (approx.). This […]

Saatchi Gallery Visit Last week I visited The Saatchi Gallery where I saw a lot of different work, some of which has influenced the work I am producing. The first artist that struck me was Rafael Gomezbarros with his installation […]

Paper making refresher lesson I have only made paper once before, and that was over 20 years ago, while at art college. I thought that as my project is mainly about paper making, that I should have a refresher lesson […]

-> continued from above Like follow-blogger @RuthRandom‪ I love researching the origin of words, tracing how they shapeshift and carry residues of older manifestations. A quick look on-line under greet brought surprising demarcations, spanning from ‘to come into contact with’ […]

My series Riefenstahl’s children, for which I imagined a generation whose right arms had undergone a kind of devolution, was inspired by my re-engagement with the little girl in Triumph of the Will (see post#62). The film is saturated with […]

looking back over my blog I can reflect on my creative process. My art essentialy comes from somewhere inside of me and is an attempt at expressing raw emotion. I have written about some of the prominant artists who have […]

I’m Jean McEwan, said an elderly Bradfordian lady. Me too I said. We laughed. She had seen my name outside the temporary exhibition space in the market and wanted to come in and see what what was happening. My daughter […]

We’re installing the work for Topography Disarranged and had quite a bit of fun unpacking and insatlling Keef Winter’s sculpture. With the help of some photos and deciphering Keef’s notations and drill holes on the work itself we managed a […]

At the end of last week I started working on my second 4x6ft canvas. I wanted to create a different sense of atmosphere compared to the first one. I feel like I have achieved this. However when I have been […]

Is this magic? ‘Buon Fortuna’ hand made canvas umbrella installation has another addition. The green paint has added another dimension to the project. Keeping to the same method of dropping paint from above as if raining good luck has resulted […]

i first sat down and worked out how it would be possible to pull of and worked out that i could use fishing line to string them from the cieling and foam board to mount the pieces together. at first […]

I am currently working on a large canvas with my flesh contained in my own space while also continuing exploring my emotional traces on my canvas, I arrived at this essay – ‘The Influence of Anxiety’ – Susan H. Edwards […]

After a day back at my own studio in St Helens, I’ve spent another afternoon in the big space in Widnes. I’ve spent my time in the big space making tiny things. Which seems a waste of the space, but […]

I had a mini epiphany yesterday in the barbers when while waiting for my haircut I was re-reading a chapter from the book critical pedagogy and race and the chapter “Postcolonial literature and the curricular imagination: Wilson Harris and the […]

Last weekend of Fantastic Tales coming up! It’s been a wonderful festival this year. The Ceramic House has definitely become a must-see landmark on the Brighton map. Popularity has been growing steadily since launching 4 years ago with the profile […]

Construction Project Day #24 Singular tone flat/panels were the order for today. I paired a sheet of coloured board with a shard of painted 4mm acrylic. The contrast in surface, texture and opacity were delightful (even if I do say […]

#PayingArtists Part 1 This post was meant to be about my recently begun new collaboration funded by an a-n bursary, but I’ve been distracted by the #PayingArtists campaign so I’m going to write about this instead… That artists are paid […]

#PayingArtists Part 2 Now I must admit that, like any artist, I’ve done my fair share of work for free, enticed by the promise of “good exposure” and “looking great on my CV” etc… And yes, maybe, perhaps this was […]

To pay or not to pay i am rapidly coming to the conclusion that there is more money to be made in writing books about how to become a successful writer, artist, actor etc., than there is in being a […]

Today I have been looking at my Recycling video with a view to painting a recreation of the scene. The footage was shot through the car windscreen during an extremely heavy downpour. Consequently the images are very distorted. The accompanying […]

and so… one job shrinks, as the other one grows. The stress of the old fades, as I detach rather more successfully. The room, as I remove my things and “tidy up” starts to look less like an art room […]

The last two weeks have been all about making and choosing work for assessment and the degree show, and boy has it been hard. I feel even in the last month my work has changed and progressed to more exciting […]