This morning first thing I rang Ipswich Plastics to get a price for Acrylic, but I still was quoted about £500 for the pieces I need so I persuaded William to come with me and see what cheaper products they […]
A few days ago I visited a butchery and took photographs of the meat hanging in there walk in fridge. I did this to gather images to use as reference for colour palate. Meat and flesh is a relationship I […]
Response to visiting Emmerdale butchery, Suffolk. I created some responses based around colour and interaction with the materiality of my paint. This is a video which records and documents how I saw this experiment transforming into congealed flesh and skin. […]
Over the past few weeks I have been really thinking hard about what I am defiantly going to do for my degree show. I have wanted from the begging to use a projector in my work, either a performance piece […]
Putting the paints down for five minutes my attention was drawn to an article in today’s Telegraph. Entitled “Four women on being homeless” it tells of the experiences of four women who found themselves in a homeless situation. The article […]
It’s Not All Black and White. Why monotone? For this project I have moved away from the full colour of my previous painted works and begun to work in monotone. Many of todays major portrait and figurative artists are working […]
On the wall at college is unneutral, which I haven’t added to since last week when I stuck pieces on partially so they stuck out. These bits are superflous and so now I’ve torn them off and thinking now how […]
I have recently been thinking that I would like to make a small photo book to show on the night of the degree show so that the audience can see my previous work so they can connect all my pieces […]
Since I decided I wanted to create my own dressing room in the studio space I thought I need to look at other artists that bring their own personal items into the gallery, so I decided to look at British […]
A 1.136m2 piece of land in Austria forms the centre of my ongoing project. I started off with a two weeks residency on the land where I spent time there documenting on and around the piece of land and meeting […]
A Re:View bursary report
It all seemed so simple but technology – huh! I have been working on a new sound/video piece for Project-Athens Art Fair with the Harrington Mill Studio group, proposed by Jackie Berridge, thank you. Part of the problem was changing […]
Eurovision time again! ones attention turned to Conchita Wurst Austrias Eurovision contestant, billed as a Transvestite singer. The Alter ego of 25 year old Austrian Thomas Neuworth has shocked audiences by challenging the sterotype of masculine and femine beauty.
The Newspapers are full of boko haram, ( they do not deserve capital letters), and their shocking arrogant admission about kidnapping over 200 girls and casually saying it is their right to sell them as slaves. Hopefully they have over […]
The exhibition launch was fun. We had cake, and tea. So much more me than nasty white wine and nibbles. It was good to catch up in real-time with Bo, have a proper conversation. Although we were quite busy talking […]
Moving on towards finishing paintings over the last few weeks working on an image that depicts the distant horizon from the shore line I have used various photos as reference points as can be seen from the first images my […]
1st Firm date! (back-dated post from 24th March) Francesca Gavin Post two I am very excited as I have my first Re:view session date confirmed with a mentor: Francesca Gavin – writer, curator and editor. She is Visual Arts Editor […]
Marginal spaces + trees =? At Riverhill I find myself drawn to transitional spaces and the forms of trees. Marginal, in-between places such as footpaths and gateways allow navigation from one area to another. Superficially, they’re modest, inconsequential, and easily […]
As the Degree show draws nearer I am beginning to finalise pieces of work that have been ongoing throughout my project. In relation to my seaside etching prints I have finally decided how they should be printed. It has taken […]
Blogs have been thin on the ground for the past month. My time has been taken up very productively, mainly with gathering source material and acquiring various materials for painting and drawing onto and exploring different approaches to exploit these […]
