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It’s been a busy couple of weeks in terms of writing proposals and coordinating an upcoming exhibition. But amid it all I’ve finally finished my new piece ‘Oracular Spectacular’, a wall-based artwork that merges consumer packaging with traditional framing. Here […]

GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE DEGREE SHOW?? I am thinking this project is getting serious. Is this good enough for the degree show? If I decide to present this project in the degree show then I would have a few things […]

This week has been manic so far and its only Wednesday…this is the life of a Third Year Fine Art student. The auction was a massive success and a great night. The variety of work in the end was overwhelming […]

Between job interviews (I was glad to be invited for an interview, this is progress, but realistically, I was overqualified for the role, so of course, I didn’t get it), parent’s evenings, family visits, bike fixings and doctor’s appointments, I […]

Here are several photographs of my latest work. At the moment I am exploring the patterns possible with the rope, and different ways of laying it out. I’m both exploring the best visual composition and the most efficient way to […]

Today, i began rooting thorugh my parents boxes of old photos, and i came across an old passport picture of myself from when i was six. I remember having it taken i was in woolworths with my family and had […]

what i like about the passport photos apart from the way they are taken, is the idea of them as well as the quality. the idea that they are taken for people to go away, most usually and conventionally to […]

I came across this picture in an old history book of mine, given to me by my mother. Ever since I saw this image of Lewis Powell I have never forgotten it and it has always stuck with me. Lewis […]

I have recently been rooting through all the draws in my house and i have been able to collect a number of passport like photos. I have to add to my collection one of my mother from the 70’s the […]

Rosalind Barker and Katie Hayward My new collaboration partner is Katie Hayward, we are continuing to work with the outcome of my collaboration with Ruth Payne. Having worried about how I would cope with someone taking my work, I am […]

Here we are again, haven’t posted anything lately as I have been extremely busy with third year, degree show work and applications for next year. I’ve got another commission which will be unveiled in August for a War Memorial in […]

At studio today collating the experimental images of my horizon works to establish a way forward towards creating large scale works, Technician, Glen helped by making up the frame canvas , I have now primed it with 2 coats of […]

Spent time today focusing on natural light created at sunset and sunrise and its effects on the sky and clouds. Took some photos to work from with the idea of creating paintings based on the horizon.

The last 2 photos of development of ‘tuesday’ painting. In this painting the first stage of writing with white wax (want to write without seeing the results while writing) doesn’t show up by just dripping watery acrylic over it (wax […]

For today’s painting I decided to try again with the wax resist writing and then do a complete wash of colour over it. An interesting result of using a small house painting brush for doing the wash was that it […]

Well such a busy and an eventful time. Ups and downs. Trying to sort out medication to keep me going to counteract the tamoxifen. It was my …th birthday Friday and we went to see Fascinating Aieda-absolutely fabulous, very rude,very […]

In my last post I was feeling rather daunted by this steep learning curve I am on – mind you I had been working on the same painting for three months so it had all got a little intense! Head […]

I’m delighted to announce my appointment as the Victoria & Albert Museum’s first Community Artist in Residence. Although we haven’t quite confirmed details, I will hopefully be based in an artists studio on the site, directly opposite Latimer Road tube […]

The Mass Media is Artificial. We are each exposed to over 2000 advertisements a day, constituting to perhaps the most powerful educational force in society. Advertisements sell more than products; they sell values, images and concepts of success and worth, […]

[JP] Beacons of truth Every time I log in online to speak to my therapist I feel a need to apologise for my lack of masculinity. Have I wrongly sold a lie? Does she expect a 100% transformation, deep voice, […]

[JP] The Detective A woman dressed as a man masquerading as a woman. The detective; a camp parody of female manhood, in black spandex leggings, high heels, and feminised dinner jacket, face plastered with a thick layer of badly applied […]

Within this blog I have commented quite a lot on how my technique has successfully reflected my ideas about the vulnerability and flaws of memory. My thoughts have been largely on this relationship as opposed to thinking a great deal […]