Page 1194 – a-n The Artists Information Company

Corporate Lakeside. X moved along Pertonica Park…and across the slick tarmac of Pertonica Way. Goods in. Vending machine cups sponsored by Helton Associates strewn in the tended hedgerows. A lucozade sun bathed the edges of Vaconsofia. Cast aside fingerless gloves…black […]

In 1924 Andre Breton began automatic writing and in 1961 Maurice Merleau Ponty wrote the surrealist manifesto highlighting the act of drawing and writing as a liberating graphic mark making which was considered to put the artist in touch with […]

thursday blog 6 oooooo time is a ticking the exhibition is getting nearer. i am very excited to be doing something new performance is afirst for me. i was thinking why did i choose to approach the furiously mad project […]

thursday blog 7 FOLLY STORIES LORA’S Story born 1479 Lora Raveneswathe Age 17 Trade – seamstress. I walked out early one winter morn to fetch some milk. Unfortunately I chose that morning to be a little lazy and had not […]

FOLLY STORIES ELIANORA’S STORIE Name Elianora de crombe age 35 d.o.b 3rd October 1468 wife – tavern singer Folly symptoms Choleric personality (quickly aroused, egocentric,exhibitionist, hotheaded, histrionic, jealous, fierce) Symptoms – uncontrollable rages when people don’t do as she asks. […]

FOLLY STORIES AGNETA’S STORY Agneta Wytchirche Autumn sometime 1483 By day a cook and maid for a well to do family but at night a practicing alchemist I thought I had kept my night pleasure a good secret. I had […]

FOLLY STORIES SARRA’S STORY Sarra De Crombe 1463 aged 50 Villein and basket seller My trouble is I take on everyone else’s problems on the estate, and I end up exhausted and overwhelmed by them – I dont leave enough […]

FOLLY STORIES RANULPHUS’S STORY Ranulphus Brown 1439 – 27 years old Plough man Shortly before my 25th birthday, while ploughing the fields, I had visions of some children from the village, lying dead in the fresh furrows. All of these […]

FOLLY STORIES MATILDA’S STORY Matilda Ellerton Autumn 1475 26 Epidemic chorea also know as dancing mania erratic dancing until collapse with exhaustion. Body spasms at inappropriate tomes in inappropriate places

So the last blog I wrote on a-n, simmered down after I began a 0.5fte lecturing role. The time outside my teaching was a rammed pack with making as much as possible with not a lot of room for reflection. […]

First Re:View Presentation Last week I had my first a-n Re:View meeting with performance artist Lowri Evans and upcoming producer Catherine Shaw at Contact Theatre. I used my iPad with a PDF slideshow of my past work and Manse Project […]

A beautiful sunny day on the Southbank outside the WoW Festival at the Royal Festival Hall

The thing I am looking forward to the most with the US residency is being able to do my own work for 16 consecutive days. I think I’d have to go back to my college days to remember what that […]

It is interesting where the cross over of feminism, sexism and racism occur or even clash. I feel angry about the atrocities of FGM. I am startlingly aware of the silence on this from the majority of men and women […]

I have a video to share with you. I hope you will find it interesting. It is rather intriguing and kind of grabs your attention and draws you in to find out where the journey leads you. I think it […]

Experimenting today using acrylic paints-exploring colour within sea-sky image concerning aspects of the horizon whilst at the same time being aware of the important role of colour within a composition and the use of complimentary colours… colbalt blue Ultra marine […]

All ready and packed to set up my installation for w0budong – an exhibition of writing without meaning, in Manchester tomorrow. I have decided to set my stones on a long, narrow piece of canvas. The only ingredient missing to […]

Bit of a delay in blogging as up to my eyes in stuff-husband away in Oman, son buying his first house, Clay Station business. But I have been working! Just no time to blog. So here’s a bit of a […]

The Carving has Begun! With the dark tones and the highlights painted in, I was ready to reveal the mid-tone. I began by slicing through the cardboard for the finer details and tearing the broader areas. The torn areas could […]

I have succeeded in sticking to my schedule of finishing all the prototypes for the new designs by today. Well, actually it was supposed to be yesterday, but typically there were some unfinished bits and pieces. Also I had to […]

Recap I need to recap and find were I am, so here goes.. I was looking at my studio wall all-together as one. As iv slowly been putting these words and quotes onto my white wall, iv found it’s turned […]