This next post shows a snippit for an intresting article called the chemistry of life i found the other day. This is what i base my artwork around and is the foundation for my concept ( that no matter what […]
One more month to go, and then show time! May 2, 3 & 4th. In the meantime, the management company has asked us to vacate the studios we’ve been using, and move to another space in the same building, but […]
Spent the morning in the studio and finally started painting my 6 x 4 ft. canvas. As usual I’m not working from one particular image, I like to work mainly from memory or taking inspiration from secondary images. I’m using […]
I haven’t written here for so long – so much happening since my last post in art and life – but thought now is a good time to restart as I’m in Jamestown New York for two weeks taking part […]
within my work so far i have been looking at the human form and the flaws within it, i suppose my intrest stems from a personal point of view due to the fact i damaged my spine when i was […]
It ocurred to me that perhaps I should research other artists who have made FGM a subject for work. Paula Rego, did a series of etchings on the subject in 2009, called Female Genital Mutilation. These were exhibited at the […]
When I came back into the studio the next day to look at the resin after 24 hours it looked like the resin had not quite covered the fish and there was a small gap at the top and the […]
Today I was looking at some of the sketches of structures in my copy of the book Barbara Rae Sketchbooks. I enjoy the looseness, colour and line of her sketches which are made outdoors. They inspire me to paint my […]
Today, the news carries reports of the findings of a UN panel on climate change. They are now definitely linking climate change to human activity and predicting increased flooding and heatwaves as the ice floes melt and the sea level […]
Some members of strict monastic orders and some members of the catholic lay organiazion ” opus dei”, practice mild flagellation using an instrument called “discipline” a cattail whip usally made of knotted cords, which is flung over the shoulders repeatedly […]
Working on images for large scale paintings, aiming to produce a sense of being drawn into the horizon. Something that I found in Peter Doig’s work was that ability to create a sense of being a part of or an […]
It’s not been an unusual sight to see me carrying stacks of work between the Ecclesall Road area and Shalesmoor for the last few weeks, as I’ve been getting all of my work down to my studio in preparation for […]
Marina Abramovic Her work reflects the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body, and possibilites of the mind. In this particular photograph it seems that there are christian references with the use of flaggelation and the use […]
my dissertation i wrote about risk, this features within my practical work due to the materials i use and features within my concept. due to the fact when artists cause risk to themselves and deform themselves in the name of […]
Continuing to think about titles for the exhibition and selecting images eg-I miss the painting!!! I have made some decisions about food and drink for the show and going with a French theme which seems appropriate. I have started to […]
I have been researching more this week and really looking at why I create this work. I think mostly I am very effected by what I see around me. I also watch a lot of documentaries in my spare time. […]
I recently watched a programme called Beauty and the beast: Ugly face of prejudice and this programme really made me feel guilty for ever thinking twice or complaining about my looks. It puts two very different people together and they […]
My exploration of new techniques, materials and approaches has not been without its failures. Some works and ideas have fallen by the wayside, they just haven’t worked out. I think becoming a better artist is less about improving technique and […]
This week I have been at my computer a lot working on editing my photos using different software to create different images using the images I already have of my face. I want to try and take a new approach […]
I aslo played about and created some digital photo collages which I think work very well. The one that worked out best for me is the one in which I selected the parts of my face with makeup on and […]
These are the images in which I changed the layout of my face in. I changed the order of the picture and also a mirror copy effect to them. I done one of these in black and white and then […]
nearly 2 months since my last post; been Copenhagen, London and Hamburg….. Serial Attitudes at Hamburger Kunsthalle Repetition as an artistic method since the 1960s 1 November 2013 – 25 May 2014 In December 1967, a piece by the American […]
The lack of written content in this blog perhaps speaks for itself. The past few months have gone by swiftly and suddenly without the pressing desire to document progress. Without being too hard on myself, that is not productive and […]
[AMP] I am feeling quite emotional I guess and grateful. Now that I am at a space where I am so busy and there is no time for reflection. This happened because I wanted to open up to a speed […]
…continued from previous post [AMP] At the instance of considering gender internally and ontologically and then through language and art I am expanded away from my history and the stories I can tell about me. I trash my collections of […]